vaardig
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch vardich, verdich, vaerdich, originally meaning “ready for departure”. Equivalent to vaart (“journey”) + -ig. Cognate with German fertig.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]vaardig (comparative vaardiger, superlative vaardigst)
Declension
[edit]| Declension of vaardig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | vaardig | |||
| inflected | vaardige | |||
| comparative | vaardiger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | vaardig | vaardiger | het vaardigst het vaardigste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | vaardige | vaardigere | vaardigste |
| n. sing. | vaardig | vaardiger | vaardigste | |
| plural | vaardige | vaardigere | vaardigste | |
| definite | vaardige | vaardigere | vaardigste | |
| partitive | vaardigs | vaardigers | — | |