beleefd
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Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From beleefd, in the older sense "to observe (a custom)". The word, itself a conjugation of beleven, thus originally meant "observing custom or protocol".
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]beleefd (comparative beleefder, superlative beleefdst)
- polite (well-mannered)
Declension
[edit]Declension of beleefd | ||||
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uninflected | beleefd | |||
inflected | beleefde | |||
comparative | beleefder | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | beleefd | beleefder | het beleefdst het beleefdste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | beleefde | beleefdere | beleefdste |
n. sing. | beleefd | beleefder | beleefdste | |
plural | beleefde | beleefdere | beleefdste | |
definite | beleefde | beleefdere | beleefdste | |
partitive | beleefds | beleefders | — |
Synonyms
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[edit]Participle
[edit]beleefd
Declension
[edit]Declension of beleefd | ||||
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uninflected | beleefd | |||
inflected | beleefde | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | beleefd | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | beleefde | ||
n. sing. | beleefd | |||
plural | beleefde | |||
definite | beleefde | |||
partitive | beleefds |