vaderloos

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vaderloos. Equivalent to vader (“father”) +‎ -loos (“-less”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaː.dərˌloːs/

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• Hyphenation: va‧der‧loos

Adjective

vaderloos (not comparable)

1. fatherless, without a father

Inflection

Declension of vaderloos
uninflected	vaderloos
inflected	vaderloze
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		vaderloos
indefinite	m./f. sing.	vaderloze
	n. sing.	vaderloos
	plural	vaderloze
definite		vaderloze
partitive		vaderloos

Related terms

• vaderlijk

See also

• verweesd (adjective)