Vettel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Vettel.

Proper noun

Vettel (plural Vettels)

1. A surname from German.
   • 2019 September 8, Andrew Benson, BBC Sport‎^[1], archived from the original on 3 September 2026:

     Monza was the seventh race in a row at which Leclerc had out-qualified Vettel. There were extenuating circumstances this time - Vettel did not have a slipstream on his first lap and the farcical end to qualifying prevented him doing another - but a clear pattern is emerging.

Translations

Translations

• French: Vettel
• German: Vettel (de)

Anagrams

• Levett

French

Etymology

Borrowed from German Vettel.

Proper noun

Vettel ?

1. a surname, Vettel, from German

German

Etymology

15th century, from Latin vetula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛtəl/
• One of only a handful of Latinate words in which initial v- is /f/; compare Vers, Vesper, Vize, Vogt (in idioms of Germany, that is, whereas in most of Austria only /foːkt/, the other three with /v/).

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Vettel f (genitive Vettel, plural Vetteln)

1. (dated) an old, slovenly woman; a crone

Usage notes

• To the degree that it is still used, it occurs most often in the pleonastic alte Vettel.

Declension

Declension of Vettel [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Vettel	die	Vetteln
genitive	einer	der	Vettel	der	Vetteln
dative	einer	der	Vettel	den	Vetteln
accusative	eine	die	Vettel	die	Vetteln

Proper noun

Vettel m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Vettels or (with an article) Vettel, feminine genitive Vettel, plural Vettels or Vettel)

1. a surname, Vettel

Descendants

• English: Vettel
• French: Vettel