uitzinnig
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From uit- + zin + -ig, literally "out of one's senses".
Pronunciation edit
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Adjective edit
uitzinnig (comparative uitzinniger, superlative uitzinnigst)
- mad, insane, crazy, senseless, out of one's mind
- 1638, Statenvertaling of the Bible, Galatians 3:1.
- O gij uitzinnige Galaten, wie heeft u betoverd, dat gij der waarheid niet zoudt gehoorzaam zijn ...
- O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth ...
- De winnende atleet was uitzinnig van vreugde. ― The victorious athlete was mad for joy.
- 1638, Statenvertaling of the Bible, Galatians 3:1.
Usage notes edit
- The term is ambiguous and can have both highly positive and highly negative associations (although a lack of restraint is evident in all cases): the phrase uitzinnige menigte, for example, could refer to a jubilant crowd or a crowd mad for joy, but may also refer to a senseless mob.
Inflection edit
| Inflection of uitzinnig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | uitzinnig | |||
| inflected | uitzinnige | |||
| comparative | uitzinniger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | uitzinnig | uitzinniger | het uitzinnigst het uitzinnigste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | uitzinnige | uitzinnigere | uitzinnigste |
| n. sing. | uitzinnig | uitzinniger | uitzinnigste | |
| plural | uitzinnige | uitzinnigere | uitzinnigste | |
| definite | uitzinnige | uitzinnigere | uitzinnigste | |
| partitive | uitzinnigs | uitzinnigers | — | |