vuil

From Dutch vuil, from Middle Dutch vuul, from Old Dutch *fūl, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz.

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vuil (attributive vuil or (seldom) vuile, comparative vuiler, superlative vuilste)

1. dirty, not clean

   Deur die vuil venster kon ek niks sien nie.

   I couldn’t see anything through the dirty window.

2. (figurative) obscene, indecent, dishonorable

From Middle Dutch vuul, from Old Dutch *fūl. The adjective is from Proto-West Germanic *fūl, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz, the noun from Proto-Germanic *fūlą. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pū-, *pew-. Akin to English foul, German faul, Danish and Swedish ful.

• IPA^(key): /vœy̯l/

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• Rhymes: -œy̯l

vuil (comparative vuiler, superlative vuilst)

1. foul, dirty, filthy
2. obscene, lewd
3. dishonorable
4. illegal, improper
5. (nautical) fouled, having its wetted surface polluted by marine organisms

• Afrikaans: vuil
• Berbice Creole Dutch: fili
• Negerhollands: väul
• Petjo: vuil

vuil n (uncountable, diminutive vuiltje n)

1. dirt, filth
2. garbage, trash, waste, litter