scherp
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sxɛrp/
Audio (Belgium): (file) Audio (Netherlands): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛrp
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch scharp, scherp, from Old Dutch scarp, from Proto-West Germanic *skarp, from Proto-Germanic *skarpaz.
Adjective
scherp (comparative scherper, superlative scherpst)
- sharp, able to cut easily
- alert, on the ball
- clever, intelligent, witty
- acute, having a small angle
- in focus, clearly visible, not blurry
- (of food) hot, spicy
Declension
| Declension of scherp | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | scherp | |||
| inflected | scherpe | |||
| comparative | scherper | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | scherp | scherper | het scherpst het scherpste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | scherpe | scherpere | scherpste |
| n. sing. | scherp | scherper | scherpste | |
| plural | scherpe | scherpere | scherpste | |
| definite | scherpe | scherpere | scherpste | |
| partitive | scherps | scherpers | — | |
Antonyms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: skerp
- Berbice Creole Dutch: skarpu
- Negerhollands: skerp
- Skepi Creole Dutch: skarp
- → Papiamentu: skèrpi, skerpi, scherpi
- →? Sranan Tongo: srapu
- → Saramaccan: saápu
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
scherp
- inflection of scherpen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative