Europees

See also: europees and europées

Afrikaans

Etymology

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Adjective

Europees (attributive Europese, not comparable)

1. European, related to Europe and its civilisation; or the European Union

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Europeesch (obsolete)

Etymology

From Europa (“(the continent) Europe”) +‎ -ees, probably influenced by Latin Eurōpaeus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌøː.roːˈpeːs/
• (Belgium) IPA^(key): [øː.roˑˈpeːs]

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• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): [ʏː.roˑˈpeɪ̯s]

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• Hyphenation: Eu‧ro‧pees
• Rhymes: -eːs

Adjective

Europees (comparative Europeser, superlative meest Europees or Europeest)

1. European, related to Europe and its civilisation; or the European Union

   Antonyms: niet-Europees, buiten-Europees

Declension

Declension of Europees
uninflected	Europees
inflected	Europese
comparative	Europeser
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		Europees	Europeser	het Europeest het Europeeste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	Europese	Europesere	Europeeste
	n. sing.	Europees	Europeser	Europeeste
	plural	Europese	Europesere	Europeeste
definite		Europese	Europesere	Europeeste
partitive		Europees	Europesers	—

Derived terms

• Centraal-Europees
• Europese hoornaar
• Europese kanarie
• Europese lynx
• Europese moerasschildpad
• Europese Unie
• Europese zeearend
• Noord-Europees
• Oost-Europees
• West-Europees
• Zuid-Europees

Related terms

• Europa
• Europeaan
• Europeeër

Descendants

• Javindo: Eropees

Noun

Europees m (plural Europezen, diminutive Europeesje n, feminine Europese)

1. (obsolete) a European (entity)

   Synonyms: Europeaan m, Europeaanse f, Europeeër m

Anagrams

• Europese