naakt
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
- nakend (dialectal)
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch naket, naect, from Old Dutch nakot, from Proto-Germanic *nakwadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós (“naked, bare”). Cognate with Low German naakd, German nackt, English naked, West Frisian neaken, Danish nøgen, Swedish naken.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
naakt (comparative naakter, superlative naaktst)
- nude, not wearing any clothing; can also apply to part of the body with exposed hide
- naked, bald, without protective fur, feathers etc. on the skin
- bare, stripped, reduced to its essence
- Zelfs de naakte waarheid verslaan is meer dan de naakte cijfers opgeven: de naakte feiten hebben vaak pas betekenis in samenhang
- Even covering the naked truth is more than listing the naked figures: the naked facts often only have meaning in context
Inflection edit
Inflection of naakt | ||||
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uninflected | naakt | |||
inflected | naakte | |||
comparative | naakter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | naakt | naakter | het naaktst het naaktste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | naakte | naaktere | naaktste |
n. sing. | naakt | naakter | naaktste | |
plural | naakte | naaktere | naaktste | |
definite | naakte | naaktere | naaktste | |
partitive | naakts | naakters | — |
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Noun edit
naakt n (plural naakten, diminutive naaktje n or nakie n)
- A nude, an artwork representing a naked subject
- nakie is informally used in the expression In m'n nakie — In the nude
Verb edit
naakt
- inflection of naken: