Afrikaans

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Etymology

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Inherited from Dutch sprakeloos, equivalent to spraak (speech) +‎ -e- +‎ -loos (less).

Adjective

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sprakeloos (attributive sprakelose, not comparable)

  1. Synonym of spraakloos (speechless)

Derived terms

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Dutch

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Etymology

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spraak (speech) +‎ -e- +‎ -loos (-less)

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: spra‧ke‧loos

Adjective

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sprakeloos (comparative sprakelozer, superlative meest sprakeloos or sprakeloost)

  1. speechless, at a loss for words

Inflection

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Declension of sprakeloos
uninflected sprakeloos
inflected sprakeloze
comparative sprakelozer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial sprakeloos sprakelozer het sprakeloost
het sprakelooste
indefinite m./f. sing. sprakeloze sprakelozere sprakelooste
n. sing. sprakeloos sprakelozer sprakelooste
plural sprakeloze sprakelozere sprakelooste
definite sprakeloze sprakelozere sprakelooste
partitive sprakeloos sprakelozers