vervaard

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Past participle of the now-obsolete verb vervaren (“to fear”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vərˈvaːrt/
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧vaard
  • Rhymes: -aːrt

Adjective

vervaard (comparative vervaarder, superlative vervaardst)

  1. (dialectal, archaic in Standard Dutch) afraid, perturbed

Usage notes

  • Considerably less common than its derivative onvervaard, though even that is a dated term.

Declension

Declension of vervaard
uninflected vervaard
inflected vervaarde
comparative vervaarder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial vervaard vervaarder het vervaardst
het vervaardste
indefinite m./f. sing. vervaarde vervaardere vervaardste
n. sing. vervaard vervaarder vervaardste
plural vervaarde vervaardere vervaardste
definite vervaarde vervaardere vervaardste
partitive vervaards vervaarders —

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