profaan

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French profane, from Latin profānus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /proːˈfaːn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: pro‧faan
  • Rhymes: -aːn

Adjective

profaan (comparative profaner, superlative profaanst)

  1. profane, secular, unconsecrated
  2. profane, sacrilegious

Declension

Declension of profaan
uninflected profaan
inflected profane
comparative profaner
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial profaan profaner het profaanst
het profaanste
indefinite m./f. sing. profane profanere profaanste
n. sing. profaan profaner profaanste
plural profane profanere profaanste
definite profane profanere profaanste
partitive profaans profaners —

Derived terms

  • profaniteit
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