terloops
Dutch
Etymology
Univerbation of ter + loop + -s. The combination of feminine ter and the masculine ending -s is unusual and is likely the result of analogy with other phrases beginning with te.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛrˈloːps/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ter‧loops
- Rhymes: -oːps
Adverb
terloops
- in passing
- Synonym: tussen neus en lippen door
Alternative forms
- ter loops (archaic)
Descendants
- Afrikaans: terloops
Adjective
terloops (comparative terloopser, superlative meest terloops or terloopst)
Declension
| Declension of terloops | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | terloops | |||
| inflected | terloopse | |||
| comparative | terloopser | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | terloops | terloopser | het terloopst het terloopste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | terloopse | terloopsere | terloopste |
| n. sing. | terloops | terloopser | terloopste | |
| plural | terloopse | terloopsere | terloopste | |
| definite | terloopse | terloopsere | terloopste | |
| partitive | terloops | terloopsers | — | |
Descendants
- Afrikaans: terloops