merkwaardig
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From merken (“to mark, to notice”) + -waardig (“-able”).
Compare German merkwürdig.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]merkwaardig (comparative merkwaardiger, superlative merkwaardigst)
- (literally) remarkable, notable
- odd, strange, bizarre
Declension
[edit]| Declension of merkwaardig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | merkwaardig | |||
| inflected | merkwaardige | |||
| comparative | merkwaardiger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | merkwaardig | merkwaardiger | het merkwaardigst het merkwaardigste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | merkwaardige | merkwaardigere | merkwaardigste |
| n. sing. | merkwaardig | merkwaardiger | merkwaardigste | |
| plural | merkwaardige | merkwaardigere | merkwaardigste | |
| definite | merkwaardige | merkwaardigere | merkwaardigste | |
| partitive | merkwaardigs | merkwaardigers | — | |