bedwingzaam
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌbəˈdʋɪŋ.zaːm/
- Hyphenation: be‧dwing‧zaam
Adjective
bedwingzaam (comparative bedrijfzamer, superlative bedwingzaamst)
- (dated) showing restraint, restraintful
Declension
| Declension of bedwingzaam | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | bedwingzaam | |||
| inflected | bedwingzame | |||
| comparative | bedwingzamer | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | bedwingzaam | bedwingzamer | het bedwingzaamst het bedwingzaamste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | bedwingzame | bedwingzamere | bedwingzaamste |
| n. sing. | bedwingzaam | bedwingzamer | bedwingzaamste | |
| plural | bedwingzame | bedwingzamere | bedwingzaamste | |
| definite | bedwingzame | bedwingzamere | bedwingzaamste | |
| partitive | bedwingzaams | bedwingzamers | — | |
Derived terms
- bedwingzaamheid
Further reading
- Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “bedwingzaam”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001