delicaat
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch delicaet, from Middle French delicat, from Latin dēlicātus (“alluring”).[1]
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editdelicaat (comparative delicater, superlative delicaatst)
Inflection
edit| Declension of delicaat | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | delicaat | |||
| inflected | delicate | |||
| comparative | delicater | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | delicaat | delicater | het delicaatst het delicaatste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | delicate | delicatere | delicaatste |
| n. sing. | delicaat | delicater | delicaatste | |
| plural | delicate | delicatere | delicaatste | |
| definite | delicate | delicatere | delicaatste | |
| partitive | delicaats | delicaters | — | |
Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press