Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Middle French verbal, from Latin verbālis.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /vɛrˈbaːl/
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧baal
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective edit

verbaal (comparative verbaler, superlative verbaalst)

  1. verbal, pertaining to words
  2. verbal, pertaining to spoken language
  3. verbal, pertaining to verbs

Inflection edit

Inflection of verbaal
uninflected verbaal
inflected verbale
comparative verbaler
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial verbaal verbaler het verbaalst
het verbaalste
indefinite m./f. sing. verbale verbalere verbaalste
n. sing. verbaal verbaler verbaalste
plural verbale verbalere verbaalste
definite verbale verbalere verbaalste
partitive verbaals verbalers

Noun edit

verbaal n (plural verbalen)

  1. (historical) A signed memo.
  2. (Netherlands) Short for proces-verbaal.

Descendants edit

  • Caribbean Javanese: perbal
  • Indonesian: perbal