Deel

See also: deel, dééł, and déél

English

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Deel

Wikipedia

Etymology

• As a north German surname, Borrowed from North German Deel.
• Also as a north German surname, variant of Diehl, Diel.
• As an English surname, variant of Deal, itself a variant of Dale and also named after Deal in Kent.

Proper noun

Deel (countable and uncountable, plural Deels)

1. A surname from German.
2. An unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia, United States.
3. 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 7437^th 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

• LEDE, LEED, dele, lede, leed

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

• IPA^(key): /dɛɪ̯l/

Noun

Deel m (plural Delen)

1. part

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German dēle, from Old Saxon thili, from Proto-Germanic *þiljǭ. More at thill.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deːl/

Noun

Deel f (plural Delen)

1. vestibule

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

• IPA^(key): /deːl/
  • Rhymes: -eːl

Noun

Deel m (plural Deeler)

1. part, portion, component

Noun

Deel f (plural Deelen)

1. 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

• IPA^(key): /deːl/

Noun

Deel n (plural Deele)

1. part
2. share

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German and Old Saxon dēl.

Noun

Deel n

1. portion, proportion
2. part
3. deal

Related terms

• deele

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian dēl, from Proto-West Germanic *daili. More at deal.

Noun

Deel m

1. A part; portion; share

Related terms

• deele