vermetel

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Late Middle Dutch vermetel, from vermeten (audacious, overconfident) influenced by -el, originally a reflexive verb meaning “to overestimate oneself, to be overconfident, to mismeasure”, from ver- + meten, related to mate. Equivalent to ver- +‎ meten with assimilation to -el.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌvɛrˈmeː.təl/, /ˌvərˈmeː.təl/
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧me‧tel
  • Rhymes: -eːtəl

Adjective

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vermetel (comparative vermeteler, superlative vermetelst)

  1. audacious, daring

Declension

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Declension of vermetel
uninflected vermetel
inflected vermetele
comparative vermeteler
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial vermetel vermeteler het vermetelst
het vermetelste
indefinite m./f. sing. vermetele vermetelere vermetelste
n. sing. vermetel vermeteler vermetelste
plural vermetele vermetelere vermetelste
definite vermetele vermetelere vermetelste
partitive vermetels vermetelers

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Adverb

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vermetel

  1. audaciously, daringly