minzaam
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From min (“love, affection”) or minnen (“to love”) + -zaam.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio: (file)
Adjective[edit]
minzaam (comparative minzamer, superlative minzaamst)
Usage notes[edit]
- Today often has connotations of condescension and smugness, as in minzaam glimlachje ("smug smile").
Declension[edit]
| Declension of minzaam | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | minzaam | |||
| inflected | minzame | |||
| comparative | minzamer | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | minzaam | minzamer | het minzaamst het minzaamste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | minzame | minzamere | minzaamste |
| n. sing. | minzaam | minzamer | minzaamste | |
| plural | minzame | minzamere | minzaamste | |
| definite | minzame | minzamere | minzaamste | |
| partitive | minzaams | minzamers | — | |