stokstijf
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of stok (“stick”) + stijf (“stiff”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]stokstijf (not comparable)
- (literally) as stiff as a stick
- stock-still, immobile
- (figuratively) immovable, stubborn, tenacious
Declension
[edit]| Declension of stokstijf | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | stokstijf | |||
| inflected | stokstijve | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | stokstijf | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | stokstijve | ||
| n. sing. | stokstijf | |||
| plural | stokstijve | |||
| definite | stokstijve | |||
| partitive | stokstijfs | |||
Related terms
[edit]- stokkerig (adjective)
- stokstil
- stijfhalzig
- stijfsel n