Indisch

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See also: indisch

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Indië +‎ -isch.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɪn.dis/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: In‧disch

Adjective

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Indisch (comparative Indischer, superlative meest Indisch)

  1. (Netherlands) pertaining to the East Indies, especially the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia)
  2. (Belgium) Indian; pertaining to India
    Synonym: Indiaas

Usage notes

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In the Netherlands, when speaking of people from the Dutch East Indies, Indisch technically refers to all people somehow related to the former colony (including totoks, Chinese Indonesians and so on), but it is mostly used for and by Indo-Europeans or Indo's. That is why for example Moluccan people in the Netherlands typically do not use Indisch to describe themselves.

Declension

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Declension of Indisch
uninflected Indisch
inflected Indische
comparative Indischer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial Indisch Indischer het meest Indisch
het meest Indische
indefinite m./f. sing. Indische Indischere meest Indische
n. sing. Indisch Indischer meest Indische
plural Indische Indischere meest Indische
definite Indische Indischere meest Indische
partitive Indisch Indischers

Derived terms

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See also

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Proper noun

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Indisch n (uncountable)

  1. (linguistics) Indic; the Indo-Aryan language family
    Synonym: Indo-Arisch

Derived terms

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German

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Proper noun

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Indisch n (proper noun, language name, genitive Indisch or Indischs, alternative nominative (used with the definite article) Indische, alternative genitive Indischen, no plural)

  1. (informal) any Indian language