Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Compound of staal (steel) +‎ hard (hard, solid).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /staːlˈɦɑrt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: staal‧hard

Adjective edit

staalhard (not comparable)

  1. physically hard and strong as steel
  2. (figuratively) ironclad, rock solid, irrefutable
  3. emphatical

Inflection edit

Declension of staalhard
uninflected staalhard
inflected staalharde
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial staalhard
indefinite m./f. sing. staalharde
n. sing. staalhard
plural staalharde
definite staalharde
partitive staalhards

Adverb edit

staalhard

  1. physically hard and strong as steel
  2. solidly, irrefutably
  3. emphatically