Vettel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Vettel.

Proper noun

Vettel (plural Vettels)

  1. A surname from German.
    • 2019 September 8, Andrew Benson, BBC Sport[1]:
      Monza was the seventh race in a row at which Leclerc had out-qualified Vettel. There were extenuating circumstances this time - Vettel did not have a slipstream on his first lap and the farcical end to qualifying prevented him doing another - but a clear pattern is emerging.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from German Vettel.

Proper noun

Vettel ?

  1. a surname, Vettel, from German

German

Etymology

15th century, from Latin vetula.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛtəl/
  • One of only a handful of Latinate words in which initial v- is /f/; compare Vers, Vesper, Vize, Vogt (in idioms of Germany, that is, whereas in most of Austria only /foːkt/, the other three with /v/).
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Noun

Vettel f (genitive Vettel, plural Vetteln)

  1. (dated) an old, slovenly woman

Usage notes

  • To the degree that it is still used, it occurs most often in the pleonastic alte Vettel.

Declension

Proper noun

Vettel m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Vettels or (with an article) Vettel, feminine genitive Vettel, plural Vettels or Vettel)

  1. a surname, Vettel

Descendants

  • English: Vettel
  • French: Vettel