modderig
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch modderich. By surface analysis, modder + -ig.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.də.rəx/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: mod‧de‧rig
- Rhymes: -ɔdərəx
Adjective
modderig (comparative modderiger, superlative modderigst)
- muddy (covered or splashed with, or full of, mud)
Declension
| Declension of modderig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | modderig | |||
| inflected | modderige | |||
| comparative | modderiger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | modderig | modderiger | het modderigst het modderigste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | modderige | modderigere | modderigste |
| n. sing. | modderig | modderiger | modderigste | |
| plural | modderige | modderigere | modderigste | |
| definite | modderige | modderigere | modderigste | |
| partitive | modderigs | modderigers | — | |
Derived terms
- modderigheid
References
- Matthias de Vries; Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864), “modderig”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001