weetgierig
Dutch
Etymology
From weten (“to know”) + gierig (“greedy”).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: weet‧gie‧rig
Adjective
weetgierig (comparative weetgieriger, superlative weetgierigst)
- inquisitive, curious (eager and desireful of learning and knowing)
- Synonym: nieuwsgierig
Declension
| Declension of weetgierig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | weetgierig | |||
| inflected | weetgierige | |||
| comparative | weetgieriger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | weetgierig | weetgieriger | het weetgierigst het weetgierigste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | weetgierige | weetgierigere | weetgierigste |
| n. sing. | weetgierig | weetgieriger | weetgierigste | |
| plural | weetgierige | weetgierigere | weetgierigste | |
| definite | weetgierige | weetgierigere | weetgierigste | |
| partitive | weetgierigs | weetgierigers | — | |