vegetarisch
Dutch
Etymology
Formed from the noun vegetariër (“vegetarian”) + -isch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌveː.ɣəˈtaː.ris/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aːris
Adjective
vegetarisch (not comparable)
- vegetarian (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians)
Usage notes
- While vegetariër is the standard noun to refer to someone who follows a vegetarian diet, vegetarisch is also not uncommonly used to refer to people. Thus, "ben je vegetarisch?" (are you vegetarian?) might be used to ask someone if they eat a vegetarian diet instead of the more standard "ben je vegetariër?" (are you a vegetarian?). However, since vegetarisch in standard Dutch refers only to food and not to the people who follow a vegetarian diet, this usage of vegetarisch to refer to people is often considered incorrect.
Declension
| Declension of vegetarisch | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | vegetarisch | |||
| inflected | vegetarische | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | vegetarisch | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | vegetarische | ||
| n. sing. | vegetarisch | |||
| plural | vegetarische | |||
| definite | vegetarische | |||
| partitive | vegetarisch | |||
German
Etymology
Formed from the noun Vegetarier (“vegetarian”) + -isch
Pronunciation
Adjective
vegetarisch (strong nominative masculine singular vegetarischer, not comparable)
Declension
Positive forms of vegetarisch (uncomparable)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “vegetarisch” in Duden online