wederkerend
Dutch
Etymology
wederkeren (“to return”) + -end (present participle)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌʋeːdərˈkeːrənt/
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Adjective
wederkerend (not comparable)
- (grammar) reflexive (of a pronoun referring back to the subject, or of a verb requiring such a pronoun)
- Zich vergissen is een wederkerend werkwoord.
- Zich vergissen is a reflexive verb.
Usage notes
- Not to be confused with wederkerig (“reciprocal”).
Declension
| Declension of wederkerend | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | wederkerend | |||
| inflected | wederkerende | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | wederkerend | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | wederkerende | ||
| n. sing. | wederkerend | |||
| plural | wederkerende | |||
| definite | wederkerende | |||
| partitive | wederkerends | |||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “wederkerend” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]