treurig

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch truerich, from Middle High German trūrec, from Old High German trūreg, trūrag, from Proto-Germanic *dreuzagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrews- (“to break, break off, crumble”). Equivalent to treuren (“to grieve”) +‎ -ig (“-y”).

Cognate with Low German trurig, German traurig, English dreary.

Pronunciation
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Adjective

treurig (comparative treuriger, superlative treurigst)

  1. sad, melancholy

Inflection
Inflection of treurig
uninflected treurig
inflected treurige
comparative treuriger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial treurigtreurigerhet treurigst
het treurigste
indefinite m./f. sing. treurigetreurigeretreurigste
n. sing. treurigtreurigertreurigste
plural treurigetreurigeretreurigste
definite treurigetreurigeretreurigste
partitive treurigstreurigers—

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