kwaad
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch kwaad, from Middle Dutch quaet, from Old Dutch *kwāt, from Proto-West Germanic *kwād.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Adjective
kwaad (attributive kwaai, comparative kwaaier or kwater, superlative kwaadste)
Inflection
| predicative | attributive | independent | partitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||||
| positive | kwaad | kwaai | kwaad | kwaads | kwaads |
| comparative | kwaaier | kwaaiere | kwaaieres | kwaaiers | |
| superlative | kwaadste | kwaadstes | — | ||
Noun
kwaad (plural kwade)
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʋaːt/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: kwaad
- Rhymes: -aːt
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch quâet, from Old Dutch *kwāt, from Proto-West Germanic *kwād.
Adjective
kwaad (comparative kwader, superlative kwaadst)
Declension
| Declension of kwaad | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | kwaad | |||
| inflected | kwade | |||
| comparative | kwader | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | kwaad | kwader | het kwaadst het kwaadste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | kwade | kwadere | kwaadste |
| n. sing. | kwaad | kwader | kwaadste | |
| plural | kwade | kwadere | kwaadste | |
| definite | kwade | kwadere | kwaadste | |
| partitive | kwaads | kwaders | — | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: kwaad
- Negerhollands: qwaet, quaat, qvaed
- → Virgin Islands Creole: kwat (dated)
- Petjo: kwaai-kwaai
- Skepi Creole Dutch: quat, qua
- → Sranan Tongo: kwai
- → Kari'na: kawài
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch quâet, from Old Dutch *kwāt, from Proto-West Germanic *kwād.
Noun
kwaad n (plural kwaden, no diminutive)
- evil
- Maar verlos ons van het kwaad ― But deliver us from evil
- harm
- Het kwaad is geschied. ― The damage is done. (lit.: The evil has occurred.)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: kwaad