veilig

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch veilig, from Middle Dutch veilich, from Proto-Germanic *failijaz (true, familiar, good).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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veilig (attributive veilige, comparative veiliger, superlative veiligste)

  1. safe

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch veilich, from Proto-West Germanic *failī (true, familiar, good). Note the conflation of the stem with *faliz (venal) in cognates Dutch veil (venal) and German feil (venal).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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veilig (comparative veiliger, superlative veiligst)

  1. safe

Declension

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Declension of veilig
uninflected veilig
inflected veilige
comparative veiliger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial veilig veiliger het veiligst
het veiligste
indefinite m./f. sing. veilige veiligere veiligste
n. sing. veilig veiliger veiligste
plural veilige veiligere veiligste
definite veilige veiligere veiligste
partitive veiligs veiligers

Adverb

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veilig

  1. safely

Antonyms

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Derived terms

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