Dutch

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Etymology

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Compound of hersenen +‎ dood.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɦɛr.sə(n)ˌdoːt/
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  • Hyphenation: her‧sen‧dood

Adjective

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hersendood (not comparable)

  1. brain-dead

Inflection

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Declension of hersendood
uninflected hersendood
inflected hersendode
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial hersendood
indefinite m./f. sing. hersendode
n. sing. hersendood
plural hersendode
definite hersendode
partitive hersendoods

Noun

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hersendood m (uncountable)

  1. brain death