vegetarisch

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Formed from the noun vegetariër (vegetarian) +‎ -isch

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /veːɣəˈtaːris/
  • (file)

Adjective[edit]

vegetarisch (not comparable)

  1. vegetarian (relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians)

Usage notes[edit]

  • While vegetariër is the standard noun to refer to someone who follows a vegetarian diet, vegetarisch is also not uncommonly used to refer to people. Thus, "ben je vegetarisch?" (are you vegetarian?) might be used to ask someone if they eat a vegetarian diet instead of the more standard "ben je vegetariër?" (are you a vegetarian?). However, since vegetarisch in standard Dutch refers only to food and not to the people who follow a vegetarian diet, this usage of vegetarisch to refer to people is often considered incorrect.

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of vegetarisch
uninflected vegetarisch
inflected vegetarische
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial vegetarisch
indefinite m./f. sing. vegetarische
n. sing. vegetarisch
plural vegetarische
definite vegetarische
partitive vegetarisch

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Formed from the noun Vegetarier (vegetarian) +‎ -isch

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˌveːɡeˈtaːʁɪʃ/, /-ɡə-/
  • (file)

Adjective[edit]

vegetarisch (strong nominative masculine singular vegetarischer, comparative vegetarischer, superlative am vegetarischsten)

  1. vegetarian

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