eitel

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German ītel (“empty, void, vain”), from Old High German ītal (“empty”), from Proto-Germanic *īdalaz. Cognate with Luxembourgish eidel (“empty”), Dutch ijdel (“vain”), English idle. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaɪ̯təl/, [ˈʔaɪ̯təl], [ˈʔaɪ̯tl̩] === Adjective === eitel (strong nominative masculine singular eitler or (less common) eiteler, comparative eitler or (rare) eiteler, superlative am eitelsten) vain (overly proud of oneself, especially one’s outer appearance) Synonyms: eingebildet, selbstverliebt, kokett (religion, otherwise dated) vain; void; futile (having no value or effect) Synonyms: nichtig, nutzlos, vergeblich (formal, dated, uninflected) genuine; pure Synonym: lauter (dated, uninflected) only; nothing but Synonym: bloß (dialectal, otherwise obsolete) empty Synonym: leer ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== eitel Sonnenschein Eitelkeit vereiteln === Further reading === “eitel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “eitel, nur, pur, rein” in Duden online “eitel, arrogant, anmaszend” in Duden online