Deel
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English
Etymology
Proper noun
Deel (countable and uncountable, plural Deels)
- A surname from German.
- An unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia, United States.
- The River Deel, a river mainly in County Limerick, Ireland, which flows into the Shannon estuary.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Deel is the 7437th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4478 individuals. Deel is most common among White (95.8%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Deel”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 424.
Anagrams
Low German
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German dēl, deil, from Old Saxon dēl, from Proto-West Germanic *daili, cognate with English deal, Dutch deel and Swedish, Norwegian, Danish del.
Pronunciation
Noun
Deel m (plural Delen)
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German dēle, from Old Saxon thili, from Proto-Germanic *þiljǭ. More at thill.
Pronunciation
Noun
Deel f (plural Delen)
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German teil, from Old High German *deil, northern variant of teil, from Proto-Germanic *dailą.
Cognate with German Teil, Dutch deel, English dole, West Frisian diel.
Pronunciation
Noun
Deel m (plural Deeler)
Noun
Deel f (plural Deelen)
- share (of an inheritance)
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Middle High German and Old High German teil, from Proto-West Germanic *daili. Compare German Teil, Dutch deel.
Pronunciation
Noun
Deel n (plural Deele)
Plautdietsch
Etymology
From Middle Low German and Old Saxon dēl.
Noun
Deel n
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Saterland Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian dēl, from Proto-West Germanic *daili. More at deal.
Noun
Deel m
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