vain (overly proud of oneself, especially one’s outer appearance) · vain; void; futile (having no value or effect) · genuine; pure
çekim: karşılaştırma eitler · üstünlük am eitelsten
köken: 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.
aile: eitel Sonnenschein, Eitelkeit, vereiteln
Er ist so eitel, dass er kaum mal zwanzig Minuten nicht in den Spiegel gucken kann.
vain, overly proud (of one's appearance, status etc.) · idle, in vain, unfounded · petty, mere, insignificant, worthless
çekim: karşılaştırma ijdeler · üstünlük ijdelst
köken: From Middle Dutch idel, from Old Dutch īdil, from Proto-Germanic *īdalaz. Cognate with German eitel, English idle. The common Dutch loss of medial -d- led to the by-forms ijl and iel, which eventually acquired different meanings.
vain (overly concerned with one's appearance or reputation) · futile, vain (having no chance of success)
çekim: karşılaştırma fåfängare · üstünlük fåfängast
köken: From Old Swedish fafænger, equivalent to past participle of få (“few”) + få (“receive”), thus originally "[which] received little". Compare etymology of eldfängd and befängd. Attested since the mid-14th century in the sense "futile". Compare Norwegian Nynorsk fåfengd.