machtig
See also: mächtig
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑx.təx/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: mach‧tig
- Rhymes: -ɑxtəx
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch magtech, from Old Dutch maghtig, from Proto-West Germanic *mahtīg, from Proto-Germanic *mahtīgaz. By surface analysis, macht + -ig.
Compare German Low German machtig, German mächtig, West Frisian machtich, English mighty.
Adjective
machtig (comparative machtiger, superlative machtigst)
Declension
| Declension of machtig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | machtig | |||
| inflected | machtige | |||
| comparative | machtiger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | machtig | machtiger | het machtigst het machtigste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | machtige | machtigere | machtigste |
| n. sing. | machtig | machtiger | machtigste | |
| plural | machtige | machtigere | machtigste | |
| definite | machtige | machtigere | machtigste | |
| partitive | machtigs | machtigers | — | |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Adverb
machtig
- powerfully
- (informal) mighty, very
- 1957, Willy van der Heide, Wilde sport om een nummerbord:
- ‘Hebben ze hier geen automaten met meisjes erin?’ vroeg Arie. ‘Net als sigaretten en nierbroodjes? Zou machtig handig zijn.’ Hubary was niet in de stemming voor dat soort nonsenshumor.
- "Don't they have any vending machines around here with girls in them?" Arie asked. "Just like cigarettes and kidney sandwiches? Would be mighty convenient." Hubary was not in the mood for that kind of nonsensical humour.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
machtig
- inflection of machtigen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative