noest
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]A contraction of in + oest, the latter a variant of oogst (“harvest”). For the meaning consider that being 'in harvest' means to be working hard. For words of similar origin compare nijver and naarstig.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]noest (comparative noester, superlative meest noest or noestst)
- (dated) industrious
- 2023 December 9, “Gewaardeerde Marijnissen wist politieke tij voor de SP niet te keren”, in nos[1], archived from the original on 2023-12-9:
- D66-leider Jetten sluit zich daarbij aan: "Dank Lilian, voor je noeste parlementaire arbeid voor een socialer Nederland."
- The leader of D66, Jetten, supports that: "Thank you Lilian, voor your industrious parliamentary work for a more social Netherlands."
Declension
[edit]Declension of noest | ||||
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uninflected | noest | |||
inflected | noeste | |||
comparative | noester | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | noest | noester | het noestst het noestste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | noeste | noestere | noestste |
n. sing. | noest | noester | noestste | |
plural | noeste | noestere | noestste | |
definite | noeste | noestere | noestste | |
partitive | noests | noesters | — |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: noeste
References
[edit]- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “noest”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute