kwaad
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch kwaad, from Middle Dutch quaet, from Old Dutch *kwāt, from Proto-West Germanic *kwād.
Pronunciation edit
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Adjective edit
kwaad (attributive kwaai, comparative kwaaier or kwater, superlative kwaadste)
Noun edit
kwaad (plural kwade)
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch quâet, from Old Dutch *kwāt, from Proto-West Germanic *kwād.
Adjective edit
kwaad (comparative kwader, superlative kwaadst)
Inflection edit
| Inflection of kwaad | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | kwaad | |||
| inflected | kwade | |||
| comparative | kwader | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | kwaad | kwader | het kwaadst het kwaadste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | kwade | kwadere | kwaadste |
| n. sing. | kwaad | kwader | kwaadste | |
| plural | kwade | kwadere | kwaadste | |
| definite | kwade | kwadere | kwaadste | |
| partitive | kwaads | kwaders | — | |
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Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: kwaad
- Negerhollands: qwaet, quaat, qvaed
- → Virgin Islands Creole: kwat (dated)
- Petjo: kwaai-kwaai
- Skepi Creole Dutch: quat, qua
- → Sranan Tongo: kwai
- → Kari'na: kawài
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Dutch quâet, from Old Dutch *kwāt, from Proto-West Germanic *kwād.
Noun edit
kwaad n (plural kwaden)
- evil
- Maar verlos ons van het kwaad ― But deliver us from evil
- harm
- Het kwaad is geschied. ― The damage is done. (lit.: The evil has occurred.)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: kwaad