stijf
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch stijf, from Old Dutch *stīf, from Proto-West Germanic *stīf, from Proto-Germanic *stīfaz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]stijf (comparative stijver, superlative stijfst)
- stiff, rigid
- Na een lange wandeling voelen mijn benen stijf aan. ― After a long walk, my legs feel stiff.
- Dit materiaal is stijver dan ik had verwacht. ― This material is stiffer than I expected.
- Van alle materialen die we hebben getest, was dit het stijfst. ― Of all the materials we tested, this was the stiffest.
- formalistic, posh
Declension
[edit]Declension of stijf | ||||
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uninflected | stijf | |||
inflected | stijve | |||
comparative | stijver | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | stijf | stijver | het stijfst het stijfste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | stijve | stijvere | stijfste |
n. sing. | stijf | stijver | stijfste | |
plural | stijve | stijvere | stijfste | |
definite | stijve | stijvere | stijfste | |
partitive | stijfs | stijvers | — |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Berbice Creole Dutch: stifu
- Negerhollands: stiep
- → Papiamentu: stijf (dated)
- → Sranan Tongo: steif, steifi
Verb
[edit]stijf
- inflection of stijven:
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- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛi̯f
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛi̯f/1 syllable
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