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mooi

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch mooi.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmoːi̯ ~ muə̯j/
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Adjective

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mooi (attributive mooi, comparative mooier, superlative mooiste)

  1. beautiful, pretty

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch mooy, moy, from Old Dutch mōi (beautiful, trim, neat, attested in nicknames), further origin uncertain; possibly from Proto-West Germanic *mauwī (clean, washed), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *mawjaz, *maujaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mewH- (to wet, wash). Further etymology unknown. Cognate with Middle Low German môi, môie (whence German Low German mooi (beautiful)).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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mooi (comparative mooier, superlative mooist)

  1. beautiful, pretty, handsome
    Synonyms: aantrekkelijk, fraai, knap, schoon
    Wat een mooi meisje.What a beautiful girl.
    Ik ben te mooi om te werken.I'm too beautiful to work.
  2. nice, good
    Mooi werk!Nice work!

Declension

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Declension of mooi
uninflected mooi
inflected mooie
comparative mooier
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial mooi mooier het mooist
het mooiste
indefinite m./f. sing. mooie mooiere mooiste
n. sing. mooi mooier mooiste
plural mooie mooiere mooiste
definite mooie mooiere mooiste
partitive moois mooiers

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: mooi
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: moi
  • Jersey Dutch: mûi
  • Negerhollands: mooi, mooj, mui
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: moi, moye
  • Aukan: moi
  • Caribbean Hindustani: moi
  • Kwinti: moi
  • North Frisian: mooi
  • Saterland Frisian: mooi
  • Scots: moy
  • Saramaccan: moi
  • Sranan Tongo: moi
    • Ndyuka-Trio Pidgin: moime
  • West Frisian: moai

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