netelig

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch netel (“malicious, angry”), from Old Dutch *nitul, from Proto-West Germanic *hnitul, from Proto-Germanic *hnitulaz +‎ -ig. Often superficially interpreted as deriving from netel (“nettle”), which may however be completely unrelated etymologically.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈneː.tə.ləx/
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Adjective

netelig (comparative neteliger, superlative neteligst)

  1. tricky, nettlesome
    een netelige kwestie ― a tricky issue

Declension

Declension of netelig
uninflected netelig
inflected netelige
comparative neteliger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial netelig neteliger het neteligst
het neteligste
indefinite m./f. sing. netelige neteligere neteligste
n. sing. netelig neteliger neteligste
plural netelige neteligere neteligste
definite netelige neteligere neteligste
partitive neteligs neteligers —

References

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