duchtig
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch duchtich, from Old Dutch *duhtig, from Proto-West Germanic *duhtīg. Equivalent to modern deugen (“to be virtuous”) + -ig. Originally an adjective, but chiefly used as an adverb in modern Dutch.
Cognate with German tüchtig (“efficient, capable, hard, competent, big”), English doughty, Danish dygtig (“virtuous, proficient”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʏx.təx/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: duch‧tig
Adverb
duchtig
- to a high degree, considerably
Adjective
duchtig (comparative duchtiger, superlative duchtigst)
Declension
| Declension of duchtig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | duchtig | |||
| inflected | duchtige | |||
| comparative | duchtiger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | duchtig | duchtiger | het duchtigst het duchtigste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | duchtige | duchtigere | duchtigste |
| n. sing. | duchtig | duchtiger | duchtigste | |
| plural | duchtige | duchtigere | duchtigste | |
| definite | duchtige | duchtigere | duchtigste | |
| partitive | duchtigs | duchtigers | — | |