duelleren
Dutch
Alternative forms
- duelleeren (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin duellō, possibly influenced by German duellieren.[1] Equivalent to duel + -eren.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dyɛˈleːrə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: du‧el‧le‧ren
- Rhymes: -eːrən
Verb
duelleren
- (intransitive) to fight an armed duel
- (intransitive) to be engaged in an unarmed (usually verbal, e.g. business - or legal) confrontation between two parties
Inflection
References
- Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
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