sceptisch
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom German skeptisch, a learned borrowing of Ancient Greek σκεπτικός (skeptikós, “thoughtful, inquiring”).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
editsceptisch (comparative sceptischer, superlative meest sceptisch or sceptischt)
Usage notes
editIn Flanders, people tend to not pronounce the /k/ sound (under the influence of the French pronunciation of sceptique /sɛp.tik/).
Inflection
editDeclension of sceptisch | ||||
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uninflected | sceptisch | |||
inflected | sceptische | |||
comparative | sceptischer | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | sceptisch | sceptischer | het sceptischt het sceptischte | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | sceptische | sceptischere | sceptischte |
n. sing. | sceptisch | sceptischer | sceptischte | |
plural | sceptische | sceptischere | sceptischte | |
definite | sceptische | sceptischere | sceptischte | |
partitive | sceptisch | sceptischers | — |