mensonterend
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Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mens (“human”) + onterend (“dishonouring, defiling, violating, degrading”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]mensonterend (not comparable)
- Violating one's basic human dignity; extremely degrading to humans.
- Mishandeling van krijgsgevangenen is mensonterend en strafbaar volgens internationaal recht.
- Abuse of prisoners-of-war violates human dignity and is punishable according to international law.
Inflection
[edit]| Declension of mensonterend | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | mensonterend | |||
| inflected | mensonterende | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | mensonterend | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | mensonterende | ||
| n. sing. | mensonterend | |||
| plural | mensonterende | |||
| definite | mensonterende | |||
| partitive | mensonterends | |||