Afrikaans edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Dutch sprakeloos, equivalent to spraak (speech) +‎ -e- +‎ -loos (less).

Adjective edit

sprakeloos (attributive sprakelose, not comparable)

  1. Synonym of spraakloos (speechless)

Derived terms edit

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

spraak (speech) +‎ -e- +‎ -loos (-less)

Pronunciation edit

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  • Hyphenation: spra‧ke‧loos

Adjective edit

sprakeloos (comparative sprakelozer, superlative meest sprakeloos or sprakeloost)

  1. speechless, at a loss for words

Inflection edit

Inflection of sprakeloos
uninflected sprakeloos
inflected sprakeloze
comparative sprakelozer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial sprakeloos sprakelozer het sprakeloost
het sprakelooste
indefinite m./f. sing. sprakeloze sprakelozere sprakelooste
n. sing. sprakeloos sprakelozer sprakelooste
plural sprakeloze sprakelozere sprakelooste
definite sprakeloze sprakelozere sprakelooste
partitive sprakeloos sprakelozers