vegetarisch
Dutch
editEtymology
editFormed from the noun vegetariër (“vegetarian”) + -isch
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editvegetarisch (not comparable)
- vegetarian (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians)
Usage notes
edit- While vegetariër is the standard noun to refer to someone who follows a vegetarian diet, vegetarisch is also not uncommonly used to refer to people. Thus, "ben je vegetarisch?" (are you vegetarian?) might be used to ask someone if they eat a vegetarian diet instead of the more standard "ben je vegetariër?" (are you a vegetarian?). However, since vegetarisch in standard Dutch refers only to food and not to the people who follow a vegetarian diet, this usage of vegetarisch to refer to people is often considered incorrect.
Declension
editDeclension of vegetarisch | ||||
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uninflected | vegetarisch | |||
inflected | vegetarische | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | vegetarisch | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | vegetarische | ||
n. sing. | vegetarisch | |||
plural | vegetarische | |||
definite | vegetarische | |||
partitive | vegetarisch |
German
editEtymology
editFormed from the noun Vegetarier (“vegetarian”) + -isch
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editvegetarisch (strong nominative masculine singular vegetarischer, comparative vegetarischer, superlative am vegetarischsten)
Declension
editPositive forms of vegetarisch
Comparative forms of vegetarisch
Superlative forms of vegetarisch
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “vegetarisch” in Duden online