mooi

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch moy, from Old Dutch *mōi (“nice, pleasant, clean”), from Proto-Germanic *mawjaz (“clean, washed”), from Proto-Indo-European *mou-io- (“washed”), from Proto-Indo-European *mū-, *mew(ə)- (“to wash, wet”). Cognate with Middle Low German moie (“nice, sheen”) (Low German moi (“pretty, good, nice”)), Middle Low German mūten (“to wash the face”), and possibly to Latin mundus (“clean, neat, elegant”). More at mundation.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oːi̯
• IPA: /moːi̯/

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Adjective

mooi (comparative mooier, superlative mooist)

1. beautiful, pretty, handsome

   Wat een mooi meisje.

   What a beautiful girl.

   Ik ben te mooi om te werken.

   I'm too beautiful to work.

2. nice, good

   Mooi werk!

   Nice work!

   Mooi gedaan.

   Nicely done.

Declension

Declension of mooi

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		mooi	mooier
neuter singular	indefinite	mooi	mooier
	definite	mooie	mooiere	mooiste	mooist, mooiste
common singular		mooie	mooiere	mooiste	mooiste
plural		mooie	mooiere	mooiste	mooiste
partitive		moois	mooiers