levenslang
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]levenslang (not comparable)
Declension
[edit]| Declension of levenslang | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | levenslang | |||
| inflected | levenslange | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | levenslang | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | levenslange | ||
| n. sing. | levenslang | |||
| plural | levenslange | |||
| definite | levenslange | |||
| partitive | levenslangs | |||
Noun
[edit]levenslang n (uncountable)
- Abbreviation of levenslange gevangenisstraf (“life imprisonment”).
Usage notes
[edit]- Almost always in phrases such as levenslang krijgen ("to get [sentenced to] life imprisonment"), levenslang eisen ("to demand life imprisonment"), and so forth; very rarely with a definite or indefinite article, then generally treated as neuter, although gevangenisstraf is feminine.