tempel

See also: Tempel

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch tempel, from Middle Dutch tempel, from Latin templum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

tempel (plural tempels, diminutive tempeltjie)

1. temple (religious building)

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from English temple.

Noun

tempel

1. temple

Danish

Etymology

From Latin templum.

Noun

tempel n (singular definite tempelet or templet, plural indefinite templer)

1. temple (place of worship)

Inflection

Declension of tempel

neuter gender	singular	plural
indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tempel	tempelet templet	templer	templerne
genitive	tempels	tempelets templets	templers	templernes

References

• “tempel” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tempel, from Latin templum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛm.pəl/

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• Hyphenation: tem‧pel
• Rhymes: -ɛmpəl

Noun

tempel m (plural tempels or tempelen, diminutive tempeltje n)

1. (religion) a temple, building destined as place of worship; specifically:
   1. (Judaism) a Jewish synagogue

      Synonyms: (Ashkenazic) sjoel, (Sephardic) snoge, synagoge

   2. (Freemasonry) a masonic ceremonial meeting place, a lodge

      Synonyms: loge, werkplaats

Derived terms

• daltempel
• dodentempel
• geuzentempel
• graftempel
• logetempel
• poptempel
• tempelaar
• Tempelberg
• tempelbouw
• tempelcomplex
• tempeldienaar
• tempeldienst
• tempelheer
• tempelprostitutie
• tempelridder
• tempelwachter
• vrijmetselaarstempel
• watertempel
• zonnetempel

Related terms

• tempelier m

Descendants

• Afrikaans: tempel
• Negerhollands: templ, tempel

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tempel.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛmpɛl/ [ˈt̪em.pɛl]
• Rhymes: -ɛmpɛl
• Syllabification: tem‧pel

Verb

tèmpèl

1. to stick; to adhere

Derived terms

• bertempel
• menempel
• menempeli
• menempelkan
• penempel
• penempelan
• tempelan
• tertempel

• tempel mata

Further reading

• “tempel”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin templum.

Noun

tempel n (definite singular tempelet or templet, indefinite plural tempel or templer, definite plural templa or templene)

1. a temple (place of worship)

References

• “tempel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin templum.

Noun

tempel n (definite singular tempelet, indefinite plural tempel, definite plural templa)

1. a temple (place of worship)

References

• “tempel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Alternative forms

• templ, tempil

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *templ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtem.pel/

Noun

tempel n

1. temple
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Chair of Saint Peter"

     Nū wylle wē ēac ēow secgan hū hē sume dæġ ēode tō þām godes temple mid þām godspellere Iohanne...

     Now will we also tell you how on a certain day he went to God's temple with the evangelist John.

   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church, 1uoting "Circumdederunt me gemitus"

     Dēaþes ġeōmerunga mē beēodon, and helle sārnyssa mē beēodon, and iċ on mīnre ġedrefednysse Drihten clypode, and hē of his hālgan temple mīne stemne ġehyrde.

     The moaning of death surrounded me, and the pains of hell surrounded me, and in my distress I called out to the Lord, and from his holy temple he heard me.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	tempel	templu
accusative	tempel	templu
genitive	temples	templa
dative	temple	templum

Synonyms

• ealh

Descendants

• Middle English: tempel, temple
  • English: temple
  • Scots: tempil, tempill, temple

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish tæmpel, from Latin templum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

tempel n

1. a temple

Declension

Declension of tempel

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tempel	tempels
definite	templet	templets
plural	indefinite	tempel	tempels
definite	templen	templens

Derived terms

• Apollontempel
• grottempel
• hednatempel
• hindutempel
• klipptempel
• lamatempel
• mammonstempel
• mattempel
• mormontempel
• nöjestempel
• soltempel
• tempelbyggnad
• tempeldans
• tempeldanserska
• tempelgård
• tempelherre
• tempelherreorden
• tempelinvigning
• tempelliknande
• tempelområde
• tempelriddare
• tempelriddarorden
• tempelsal
• tempeltjänare

Further reading

• tempel in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• tempel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)