woest
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋust/
Audio (file)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch woeste, from Old Dutch wuosti, from Proto-Germanic *wōstijaz.
Adjective
woest (comparative woester, superlative meest woest or woestst)
- (concerning a creature and behavior) wild, savage, ferocious, furious
- De bengel maakte vader vaak woest.
- The rascal often got dad furious
- De bengel maakte vader vaak woest.
- (concerning a place) inhospitable, rough, wild; (poetic) desolate
- Antropologen brengen woeste gebruiken vaak in verband met de woeste omgeving
- Anthopologists often link savage customs to a hostile environment
- Antropologen brengen woeste gebruiken vaak in verband met de woeste omgeving
Inflection
| Inflection of woest | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | woest | |||
| inflected | woeste | |||
| comparative | woester | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | woest | woester | het woestst het woestste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | woeste | woestere | woestste |
| n. sing. | woest | woester | woestste | |
| plural | woeste | woestere | woestste | |
| definite | woeste | woestere | woestste | |
| partitive | woests | woesters | — | |
Synonyms
- (desolate) ruig
Related terms
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.