averechts
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch averechts (“backwards, in the wrong direction”), from averecht (“upside down, backwards, wrong”), from ave + recht, equivalent to af + rechts.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
averechts (comparative averechtser, superlative meest averechts or averechtst)
- opposite, backwards, contrary
- Wat je nu doet werkt averechts.
- What you're doing now has the opposite effect of what you're trying to achieve.
Inflection[edit]
| Inflection of averechts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | averechts | |||
| inflected | averechtse | |||
| comparative | averechtser | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | averechts | averechtser | het averechtst het averechtste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | averechtse | averechtsere | averechtste |
| n. sing. | averechts | averechtser | averechtste | |
| plural | averechtse | averechtsere | averechtste | |
| definite | averechtse | averechtsere | averechtste | |
| partitive | averechts | averechtsers | — | |
Descendants[edit]
- Afrikaans: aweregs