vaardig
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch vardich, verdich, vaerdich, originally meaning “ready for departure”. Equivalent to vaart (“journey”) + -ig. Cognate with German fertig.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvaːrdəx/
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Adjective
vaardig (comparative vaardiger, superlative vaardigst)
- skillful
- Synonyms: kundig, competent
- Antonyms: onvaardig, onkundig, incompetent
- (archaic) ready
Declension
| Declension of vaardig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | vaardig | |||
| inflected | vaardige | |||
| comparative | vaardiger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | vaardig | vaardiger | het vaardigst het vaardigste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | vaardige | vaardigere | vaardigste |
| n. sing. | vaardig | vaardiger | vaardigste | |
| plural | vaardige | vaardigere | vaardigste | |
| definite | vaardige | vaardigere | vaardigste | |
| partitive | vaardigs | vaardigers | — | |