onguur
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch ongehiere, from Old Dutch *ungihiuri, from Proto-West Germanic *ungahiurī (see also *unhiurī). The unprefixed form of this word still existed in Middle Dutch as ghehure, meaning "pleasant". Compare German ungeheuer.
Possibly related to eunjer (“wizard”).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
onguur (comparative onguurder, superlative onguurst)
- unpleasant, nasty
- Synonym: akelig
- sinister, seedy, shady
- Synonym: louche
- Het zit vol met ongure types in die buurt. ― That area is full of shady types.
Declension
| Declension of onguur | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | onguur | |||
| inflected | ongure | |||
| comparative | onguurder | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | onguur | onguurder | het onguurst het onguurste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | ongure | onguurdere | onguurste |
| n. sing. | onguur | onguurder | onguurste | |
| plural | ongure | onguurdere | onguurste | |
| definite | ongure | onguurdere | onguurste | |
| partitive | onguurs | onguurders | — | |