oeverloos
Dutch
Etymology
From oever (“riverbank”) + -loos (“-less, without”).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
oeverloos (comparative oeverlozer, superlative meest oeverloos or oeverloost)
- shoreless
- continuing on and on without any progress or result; boundless
- Ik word moe van alle oeverloze discussies in de politiek.
- I'm getting tired of all the discussions without result in politics.
Declension
| Declension of oeverloos | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | oeverloos | |||
| inflected | oeverloze | |||
| comparative | oeverlozer | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | oeverloos | oeverlozer | het oeverloost het oeverlooste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | oeverloze | oeverlozere | oeverlooste |
| n. sing. | oeverloos | oeverlozer | oeverlooste | |
| plural | oeverloze | oeverlozere | oeverlooste | |
| definite | oeverloze | oeverlozere | oeverlooste | |
| partitive | oeverloos | oeverlozers | — | |
Derived terms
- oeverloosheid