oudbakken
Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
Compound of oud + bakken, in analogy to nieuwbakken. Compare German altbacken.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɑu̯dˈbɑ.kə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: oud‧bak‧ken
- Rhymes: -ɑkən
Adjective
oudbakken (comparative oudbakkener, superlative oudbakkenst)
- (of baked goods) stale (no longer fresh)
- Antonyms: nieuwbakken, versgebakken
- (figuratively) stale, clichéd, old-fashioned
Declension
| Declension of oudbakken | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | oudbakken | |||
| inflected | oudbakken | |||
| comparative | oudbakkener | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | oudbakken | oudbakkener | het oudbakkenst het oudbakkenste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | oudbakken | oudbakkener | oudbakkenste |
| n. sing. | oudbakken | oudbakkener | oudbakkenste | |
| plural | oudbakken | oudbakkener | oudbakkenste | |
| definite | oudbakken | oudbakkener | oudbakkenste | |
| partitive | oudbakkens | oudbakkeners | — | |
References
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “oudbakken”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute