beleefd
Dutch
Etymology
From beleefd, in the older sense "to observe (a custom)". The word, itself a conjugation of beleven, thus originally meant "observing custom or protocol".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈleːft/
beleefd (file) - Hyphenation: be‧leefd
- Rhymes: -eːft
Inflection
| Inflection of beleefd | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | beleefd | |||
| inflected | beleefde | |||
| comparative | beleefder | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | beleefd | beleefder | het beleefdst het beleefdste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | beleefde | beleefdere | beleefdste |
| n. sing. | beleefd | beleefder | beleefdste | |
| plural | beleefde | beleefdere | beleefdste | |
| definite | beleefde | beleefdere | beleefdste | |
| partitive | beleefds | beleefders | — | |
Synonyms
- gemanierd
- wellevend
Derived terms
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