sceptisch

Dutch

Etymology

From German skeptisch, a learned borrowing of Ancient Greek σκεπτικός (skeptikós, “thoughtful, inquiring”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskɛp.tis/
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛp.tis/ (chiefly Flanders, influenced by French sceptique)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛptis
  • Homophone: septisch (only when omitting [k])

Adjective

sceptisch (comparative sceptischer, superlative meest sceptisch or sceptischt)

  1. skeptical, sceptical

Declension

Declension of sceptisch
uninflected sceptisch
inflected sceptische
comparative sceptischer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial sceptisch sceptischer het sceptischt
het sceptischte
indefinite m./f. sing. sceptische sceptischere sceptischte
n. sing. sceptisch sceptischer sceptischte
plural sceptische sceptischere sceptischte
definite sceptische sceptischere sceptischte
partitive sceptisch sceptischers —

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: skeptis

See also

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