vogelvrij
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From vogel (“bird”) + vrij (“free”), calque of German vogelfrei.
Adjective edit
vogelvrij (not comparable)
- outlawed (declared outside of the law and unprotected by the law)
Inflection edit
| Inflection of vogelvrij | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | vogelvrij | |||
| inflected | vogelvrije | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | vogelvrij | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | vogelvrije | ||
| n. sing. | vogelvrij | |||
| plural | vogelvrije | |||
| definite | vogelvrije | |||
| partitive | vogelvrijs | |||
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: voëlvry
Etymology 2 edit
From vogel (“bird”) + vrij (“free”).
Adjective edit
vogelvrij (not comparable)
- (uncommon, colloquial) free as a bird (completely free)
- 2012, Jan Frederik van der Poel, Een niemandskind:
- Ja, zo vrij zou zij ook willen zijn, vogelvrij.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2019 December 31, “Het vogelvrije nachtleven van twintig jaar geleden: “Vroeger was écht alles beter””, in Het Nieuwsblad:
- Die voortdurende openingsuren en nog niet zo aanwezige politie maakten het uitgaansleven quasi vogelvrij.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Inflection edit
| Inflection of vogelvrij | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | vogelvrij | |||
| inflected | vogelvrije | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | vogelvrij | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | vogelvrije | ||
| n. sing. | vogelvrij | |||
| plural | vogelvrije | |||
| definite | vogelvrije | |||
| partitive | vogelvrijs | |||
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: voëlvry