duchtig
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch duchtich, from Old Dutch *duhtig, from Proto-West Germanic *duhtīg. Equivalent to modern deugen (“to be virtuous”) + -ig. Originally an adjective, but chiefly used as an adverb in modern Dutch.
Cognate with German tüchtig (“efficient, capable, hard, competent, big”), English doughty, Danish dygtig (“virtuous, proficient”).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
duchtig
- to a high degree, considerably
Adjective edit
duchtig (comparative duchtiger, superlative duchtigst)
Inflection edit
| Inflection of duchtig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | duchtig | |||
| inflected | duchtige | |||
| comparative | duchtiger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | duchtig | duchtiger | het duchtigst het duchtigste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | duchtige | duchtigere | duchtigste |
| n. sing. | duchtig | duchtiger | duchtigste | |
| plural | duchtige | duchtigere | duchtigste | |
| definite | duchtige | duchtigere | duchtigste | |
| partitive | duchtigs | duchtigers | — | |