gastvrij
Dutch
Etymology
From gast + vrij, a calque of German gastfrei.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣɑstˈfrɛi̯/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: gast‧vrij
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯
Adjective
gastvrij (comparative gastvrijer, superlative gastvrijst)
- hospitable
- Antonym: ongastvrij
Declension
| Declension of gastvrij | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | gastvrij | |||
| inflected | gastvrije | |||
| comparative | gastvrijer | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | gastvrij | gastvrijer | het gastvrijst het gastvrijste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | gastvrije | gastvrijere | gastvrijste |
| n. sing. | gastvrij | gastvrijer | gastvrijste | |
| plural | gastvrije | gastvrijere | gastvrijste | |
| definite | gastvrije | gastvrijere | gastvrijste | |
| partitive | gastvrijs | gastvrijers | — | |
Derived terms
- gastvrijheid
- ongastvrij
Adverb
gastvrij
- welcomingly
- Toen hij in Galilea kwam, ontvingen de mensen hem gastvrij.[1] — When he came into Galilee, the people received him welcomingly.(Can we date this quote?)