onwetend

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch onwetende. Equivalent to on- +‎ wetend. Compare English unwitting.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌɔnˈʋeː.tənt/
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  • Hyphenation: on‧wet‧end

Adjective

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onwetend (comparative onwetender, superlative onwetendst)

  1. unaware, ignorant, unknowing nescient

Declension

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Declension of onwetend
uninflected onwetend
inflected onwetende
comparative onwetender
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial onwetend onwetender het onwetendst
het onwetendste
indefinite m./f. sing. onwetende onwetendere onwetendste
n. sing. onwetend onwetender onwetendste
plural onwetende onwetendere onwetendste
definite onwetende onwetendere onwetendste
partitive onwetends onwetenders

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Negerhollands: onweetend