ouders
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯.dərs/
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Etymology 1
From ouder (“(old) age”) + -s.
Adjective
ouders (comparative ouderser, superlative meest ouders or ouderst)
- (obsolete in most dialects) synonym of bejaard (“elderly”)
Declension
| Declension of ouders | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | ouders | |||
| inflected | ouderse | |||
| comparative | ouderser | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | ouders | ouderser | het ouderst het ouderste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | ouderse | oudersere | ouderste |
| n. sing. | ouders | ouderser | ouderste | |
| plural | ouderse | oudersere | ouderste | |
| definite | ouderse | oudersere | ouderste | |
| partitive | ouders | oudersers | — | |
Alternative forms
- (archaic spelling) oudersch
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
ouders
- plural of ouder