Meaning of dadel | Babel Free

Definitions

1. date (fruit)
   common-gender
2. chastisement, rebuke
   common-gender, dated
3. testicle
   common-gender, plural, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“Hjemme kan du forkæle dig selv med en lækker sød ret ved at blende en pære med en dadel.”

At home, you may spoil yourself with a delicious sweet dish by blending a pear with a date.

“Bahiyaa rakte ud efter en dadel med en kraftigt hennatatoveret hånd, og Polly fulgte hendes eksempel. Kontrasten mellem den bitre kaffe og den søde, saftige dadel var himmelsk.”

Bahiyaa reached for a date with a heavily henna-tattooed hand, and Polly followed her example. The contrast between the bitter coffee and the sweet, juicy date was heavenly.

“Er dette nu en Ros eller en Dadel?”

Is this now a commendation or a rebuke?

“Fremdeles skal jeg sige, at det har forbauset mig, at nogen Svensk har kunnet opfatte saadanne Ytringer som en Dadel;”

Further, I must say, that I am astounded, that any Swede has been able to interpret such statements as chastisement.

“Men da nu den sande Berettigelse til enhver politisk Udvikling ligger i Intelligensen og den intellectuelle Dannelse, i Individernes Erkjendelse af deres partielle Rettigheder i Forhold til det Hele, kan det umulig være en absolut Dadel, naar man fremhæver Ruslands politiske Umyndighed i Forhold til det øvrige Europa's; thi mangler den sande Berettigelse til Opnaaelsen af et gode, laster man ei den, i hvis Magt det staaer at skænke hint Gode, naar man siger, at han ei har givet det. Udtalelsen af, at dette mangler, er en beklagende Yttring af et vitterligt og constateret Factum. Saaledes skal det da heller ei være en Dadel, men Udtalelse af en sandhed, Nutiden bevidner og Efterslægtens Historieskrivere i de skarpeste Udtryk ville gjentage, at der hviler et tungt Aag over hint Rige:...”

But since the true justification of any political development lies in the intelligence and the intellectual education, in the individuals' acknowledgement of their partial rights relative to the entirety, it may impossibly be an absolute chastisement, when one notes the political immaturity compared to that of the rest of Europe; for if the true justification to the achievement of some good is lacking, one does not chastise the one in whose power it is to give that good, when one says, that he has not given it. The declaration that this lacks, is a regretful expression of an actual and established fact. Thus it shall not be a chastisement, but a statement of truth which the present witnesses and which the writers of history of later times will repeat in the sharpest expressions; that there lies a heavy lid on that kingdom:...

“Man risikerer en albue i ansigtet, måske et spark i dadlerne.”

You risk an elbow in the face, perhaps a kick in the nuts.

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