onbewust
Dutch
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch onbewist. Equivalent to on- + bewust
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: on‧be‧wust
Adverb
onbewust
- subconsciously, unconsciously (without directed thought or awareness)
Adjective
onbewust (comparative onbewuster, superlative meest onbewust or onbewustst)
- unconscious (without directed thought or awareness)
Usage notes
- Not to be confused with bewusteloos, which means "unconscious" in a medical sense.
Declension
| Declension of onbewust | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | onbewust | |||
| inflected | onbewuste | |||
| comparative | onbewuster | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | onbewust | onbewuster | het onbewustst het onbewustste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | onbewuste | onbewustere | onbewustste |
| n. sing. | onbewust | onbewuster | onbewustste | |
| plural | onbewuste | onbewustere | onbewustste | |
| definite | onbewuste | onbewustere | onbewustste | |
| partitive | onbewusts | onbewusters | — | |
Derived terms
- onbewustheid
- onbewustzijn