Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin absolūtus.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˌɑp.soːˈlyt/
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  • Hyphenation: ab‧so‧luut
  • Rhymes: -yt

Adjective edit

absoluut (comparative absoluter, superlative absoluutst)

  1. absolute, complete, perfect [from 16th c.]
  2. (politics, historical, political science) absolute, absolutist, absolutistic (pertaining to the absolute sovereignty of rulers) [from 17th c.]
    Synonym: absolutistisch

Inflection edit

Inflection of absoluut
uninflected absoluut
inflected absolute
comparative absoluter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial absoluut absoluter het absoluutst
het absoluutste
indefinite m./f. sing. absolute absolutere absoluutste
n. sing. absoluut absoluter absoluutste
plural absolute absolutere absoluutste
definite absolute absolutere absoluutste
partitive absoluuts absoluters

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Descendants edit

  • Afrikaans: absoluut
  • Negerhollands: absolůt, absolyt
  • Indonesian: absolut
  • Sranan Tongo: apsrutu