vulen

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *fūlen, from Proto-West Germanic *fūlijan.

Verb

vulen

  1. to make/become foul, stinking, rotten
  2. to become worthless

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: vuilen
  • Limburgish: voele

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish vurdhin, past participle of varda (“become”).

Adjective

vulen (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) of certain qualities
    Synonym: beskaffad

Declension

Inflection of vulen
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular vulen — —
neuter singular vulet — —
plural vulna — —
masculine plural2 vulne — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 vulne — —
all vulna — —

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

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