ideell

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French idéel, from Late Latin ideālis (existing in idea), from Latin idea (idea). Doublet of ideal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ideˈɛl/

Adjective

ideell (strong nominative masculine singular ideeller, comparative ideeller, superlative am ideellsten)

  1. ideal (conceptual)

Declension

Further reading

  • ideell” in Duden online
  • ideell” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German ideell or ideal.

Adjective

ideell (neuter singular ideelt, definite singular and plural ideelle)

  1. ideal; perfect

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German ideell or ideal.

Adjective

ideell (neuter singular ideelt, definite singular and plural ideelle)

  1. ideal; perfect

References

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German ideell.

Adjective

ideell (not comparable)

  1. nonprofit, not-for-profit
    Wikimedia Foundation är en amerikansk ideell stiftelse.
    Wikimedia Foundation is an American nonprofit organization.
  2. (law) nonmonetary

Declension

Inflection of ideell
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular ideell
neuter singular ideellt
plural ideella
masculine plural2 ideelle
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 ideelle
all ideella

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

References