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Etymology

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From gast +‎ vrij, a calque of German gastfrei.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɣɑstˈfrɛi̯/
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  • Hyphenation: gast‧vrij
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯

Adjective

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gastvrij (comparative gastvrijer, superlative gastvrijst)

  1. hospitable

Inflection

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Declension of gastvrij
uninflected gastvrij
inflected gastvrije
comparative gastvrijer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial gastvrij gastvrijer het gastvrijst
het gastvrijste
indefinite m./f. sing. gastvrije gastvrijere gastvrijste
n. sing. gastvrij gastvrijer gastvrijste
plural gastvrije gastvrijere gastvrijste
definite gastvrije gastvrijere gastvrijste
partitive gastvrijs gastvrijers

Derived terms

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Adverb

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gastvrij

  1. welcomingly
    Toen hij in Galilea kwam, ontvingen de mensen hem gastvrij.[1] — When he came into Galilee, the people received him welcomingly.(Can we date this quote?)