besmuikt

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch smuyck, from Old Dutch smuyck. The prefix be- was added as phonetic contamination from the past participle of smuiken (“to be hidden or calm”). Compare also the related verbs smokkelen and smuiken, all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *smukkōną (“to slide, slip through”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈsmœy̯kt/

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• Hyphenation: be‧smuikt
• Rhymes: -œy̯kt

Adjective

besmuikt (comparative besmuikter, superlative besmuiktst)

1. secret, secretive

   Synonyms: heimelijk, geniepig, achterbaks

Inflection

Declension of besmuikt
uninflected	besmuikt
inflected	besmuikte
comparative	besmuikter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		besmuikt	besmuikter	het besmuiktst het besmuiktste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	besmuikte	besmuiktere	besmuiktste
	n. sing.	besmuikt	besmuikter	besmuiktste
	plural	besmuikte	besmuiktere	besmuiktste
definite		besmuikte	besmuiktere	besmuiktste
partitive		besmuikts	besmuikters	—

References

• besmuikt at Etymologiebank