verknocht
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
This adjective arose form the former irregular past participle of verknopen (“to tie together”), it was similar to other weak verbs with a -cht participle like kopen. When the verb was regularized, the participle was maintained as a distinct adjective.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
verknocht (comparative verknochter, superlative meest verknocht)
Inflection edit
| Declension of verknocht | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | verknocht | |||
| inflected | verknochte | |||
| comparative | verknochter | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | verknocht | verknochter | het meest verknocht het meest verknochte | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | verknochte | verknochtere | meest verknochte |
| n. sing. | verknocht | verknochter | meest verknochte | |
| plural | verknochte | verknochtere | meest verknochte | |
| definite | verknochte | verknochtere | meest verknochte | |
| partitive | verknochts | verknochters | — | |
Synonyms edit
- (emotionally attached) gehecht