eigenzinnig
Appearance
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German eigensinnig (“eccentric, stubborn”), from eigen (“own”) and Sinn (“sense, mind”). Analysable in Dutch as a compound of eigen + -zinnig.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]eigenzinnig (comparative eigenzinniger, superlative eigenzinnigst)
Declension
[edit]Declension of eigenzinnig | ||||
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uninflected | eigenzinnig | |||
inflected | eigenzinnige | |||
comparative | eigenzinniger | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | eigenzinnig | eigenzinniger | het eigenzinnigst het eigenzinnigste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | eigenzinnige | eigenzinnigere | eigenzinnigste |
n. sing. | eigenzinnig | eigenzinniger | eigenzinnigste | |
plural | eigenzinnige | eigenzinnigere | eigenzinnigste | |
definite | eigenzinnige | eigenzinnigere | eigenzinnigste | |
partitive | eigenzinnigs | eigenzinnigers | — |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Negerhollands: eegensin, eegensinnig