Dutch

edit
 
Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Etymology

edit

From school (school) +‎ ziek (sick).

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): /ˈsxoːlzik/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ik

Adjective

edit

schoolziek (comparative schoolzieker, superlative schoolziekst)

  1. (colloquial) feigning illness (in order to avoid having to go to school)
    Je hebt helemaal geen griep, je bent gewoon schoolziek.
    You don't have a fever at all, you're just feigning illness.

Inflection

edit
Declension of schoolziek
uninflected schoolziek
inflected schoolzieke
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial schoolziek
indefinite m./f. sing. schoolzieke
n. sing. schoolziek
plural schoolzieke
definite schoolzieke
partitive schoolzieks

Derived terms

edit