loodrecht

Dutch

Etymology

From lood (“plumb bob”) +‎ recht (“straight”). Purism introduced by Simon Stevin in the 16th century to replace the Dutch word perpendiculair (“perpendicular”) which was a borrowing from Latin perpendiculum.

Pronunciation
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Adjective

loodrecht (comparative loodrechter, superlative loodrechtst)

  1. perpendicular, orthogonal
  2. vertical

Inflection
Inflection of loodrecht
uninflected loodrecht
inflected loodrechte
comparative loodrechter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial loodrechtloodrechterhet loodrechtst
het loodrechtste
indefinite m./f. sing. loodrechteloodrechtereloodrechtste
n. sing. loodrechtloodrechterloodrechtste
plural loodrechteloodrechtereloodrechtste
definite loodrechteloodrechtereloodrechtste
partitive loodrechtsloodrechters—

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