ingewikkeld
Dutch
Etymology
From inwikkelen. The adjectival sense “complicated” may be a calque, cf. German verwickelt and Latin complicō.
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): /ˌɪn.ɣəˈʋɪ.kəlt/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: in‧ge‧wik‧keld
- Rhymes: -ɪkəlt
Adjective
ingewikkeld (comparative ingewikkelder, superlative ingewikkeldst)
- complicated
- Synonyms: complex, gecompliceerd
- Antonym: eenvoudig
- Ken je de mop van de mummie? Ingewikkeld, hè? (well-known joke about the meaning “wrapped in”)
- Do you know the joke about the mummy? It's complicated, isn't it?
Declension
| Declension of ingewikkeld | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | ingewikkeld | |||
| inflected | ingewikkelde | |||
| comparative | ingewikkelder | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | ingewikkeld | ingewikkelder | het ingewikkeldst het ingewikkeldste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | ingewikkelde | ingewikkeldere | ingewikkeldste |
| n. sing. | ingewikkeld | ingewikkelder | ingewikkeldste | |
| plural | ingewikkelde | ingewikkeldere | ingewikkeldste | |
| definite | ingewikkelde | ingewikkeldere | ingewikkeldste | |
| partitive | ingewikkelds | ingewikkelders | — | |
Derived terms
- ingewikkeldheid
See also
Pronunciation 2
- IPA(key): /ˈɪn.ɣəˌʋɪ.kəlt/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: in‧ge‧wik‧keld
Participle
ingewikkeld
- past participle of inwikkelen
Declension
| Declension of ingewikkeld | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | ingewikkeld | |||
| inflected | ingewikkelde | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | ingewikkeld | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | ingewikkelde | ||
| n. sing. | ingewikkeld | |||
| plural | ingewikkelde | |||
| definite | ingewikkelde | |||
| partitive | ingewikkelds | |||