- Adel
- m; -s, kein Pl.1. nobility, aristocracy; (Titel) title; die Familie ist alter Adel it is an old aristocratic family; Adel verpflichtet Sprichw. noblesse oblige2. fig. nobility (of mind)* * *der Adelgentry; aristocracy; nobility; nobleness; noble birth* * *['aːdl]m -s,no pl
von Ádel sein — to be a member of the nobility, to be of noble birth
eine Familie von Ádel — an aristocratic family
er stammt aus altem Ádel — he comes from an old aristocratic family
der niedere Ádel — the lesser nobility, the gentry
der hohe Ádel — the higher nobility, the aristocracy
das ist verarmter Ádel — they are impoverished nobility
Ádel verpflichtet — noblesse oblige
2) (= Adelstitel) title; (esp Brit) peerageerblicher Ádel — hereditary title/peerage
3) (liter = edle Gesinnung) nobilityÁdel der Seele/des Herzens/des Geistes — nobility of the soul/of the heart/of mind
* * *der(nobles ie dukes, earls etc: The nobility supported the king during the revolution.) nobility* * *Adel<-s>[ˈa:dl̩]m kein pl1. (Gesellschaftsschicht) nobility, aristocracy2. (Zugehörigkeit zum Adel) [membership of the] nobility [or aristocracy]\Adel verpflichtet noblesse obligejdm den \Adel verleihen to bestow a title on sb, to raise sb to the peerage BRITalter \Adel ancient nobility, ancienne noblesseaus altem \Adel stammen to be a member of the ancient nobility [or from an old aristocratic family] [or aristocratic lineage]erblicher \Adel hereditary title [or peerage]der hohe \Adel the higher nobility, the aristocracyder niedere \Adel the lesser nobilitypersönlicher \Adel non-hereditary title, life peerageverarmter \Adel impoverished nobilityvon \Adel of noble birthvon \Adel sein to be [a] noble [or of noble birth] [or a member of the nobility3. (geh: edle Gesinnung) nobility* * *der; Adels nobilityvon Adel sein — be of noble blood
Adel verpflichtet — noblesse oblige
* * *Adel m; -s, kein pl1. nobility, aristocracy; (Titel) title;die Familie ist alter Adel it is an old aristocratic family;Adel verpflichtet sprichw noblesse oblige2. fig nobility (of mind)* * *der; Adels nobilityvon Adel sein — be of noble blood
Adel verpflichtet — noblesse oblige
* * *nur sing. m.aristocracy n.nobility n.nobleness n.
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