Deel

See also: deel, dééł, and déél

English

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. A river mainly in County Limerick, Ireland, which flows into the Shannon estuary; in full, the River Deel.

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 dêl, deil, from Old Saxon dēl, from Proto-West Germanic *daili.

Noun

Deel m (plural Delen or Dele) (northwestern dialects and Münsterland)

1. part

Alternative forms

• Deil (Emsland, Eastphalian, Mecklenburgisch, Pomeranian)
• Däil (Sauerland, parts of eastern Westphalia)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

Deel f (plural Delen) (some northern dialects, including Hamburgisch)

1. floorboard

Alternative forms

• Dääl (most northern dialects), Däle (non-apocopating)
• Dele (Eastphalian), Diële (Westphalian)

Etymology 3

From Middle Low German dēle, from Old Saxon *thela, *dela (or the like). Possibly related with etymology 2 above, though this is a debated question. At any rate both words were distinct in Old Saxon, because Westphalian and Eastphalian dialects clearly show distinct root vowels (i for “floorboard” vs. e for “threshing floor”; the northern dialects regularly merge these and are therefore inconclusive).

Noun

Deel f (plural Delen) (some northern dialects, including Hamburgisch)

1. the working area of the traditional Saxon farmhouse, used i.a. as a threshing floor
2. (by extension) vestibule, entrance area of a house or flat

Alternative forms

• Dääl (most northern dialects)
• Däle (Eastphalian, non-apocopating northern dialects)
• Diäle, Deale (Westphalian)

Descendants

• → German: Diele (“vestibule”) (semantic loan)

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German deil, from Old High German *deil, West Central German form 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 deil, from Old High German *deil, West Central German form of teil, from Proto-Germanic *dailą. Cognate with German Teil, Dutch deel, English dole, West Frisian diel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deːl/

Noun

Deel n (plural Deele)

1. part
2. share

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German dēl, deil and Old Saxon dēl.

Noun

Deel n (plural --)

1. portion, proportion
2. part
3. deal

Synonyms

• Poat

Derived terms

• Aufdeel
• Aundeel
• Bruchdeel
• deelhaben
• deelnämen
• deelwiess
• Hinjadeel
• Jäajendeel
• Kjarpadeel
• Nodeel
• Oafdeel
• Sauzdeel
• Unjadeel
• Väadeel
• Weltdeel

Related terms

• deelen
• Uadeel

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