Katangees

Dutch

Etymology

From Katanga (“aka Shaba, in SE Congo”) +‎ -ees (“-ese, -ian”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: KA‧tan‧gees

Adjective

Katangees (comparative Katangeser, superlative meest Katangees or Katangeest)

1. Katangese, from Katanga (any sense)

   De 'Katangese gendarmes', oorspronkelijk de provinciale politie, werden een geduchte separatistische militie

   The Katangese 'gendarmes', originally the provincial police force, became a ferocious separatist militia

Inflection

Declension of Katangees
uninflected	Katangees
inflected	Katangese
comparative	Katangeser
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		Katangees	Katangeser	het Katangeest het Katangeeste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	Katangese	Katangesere	Katangeeste
	n. sing.	Katangees	Katangeser	Katangeeste
	plural	Katangese	Katangesere	Katangeeste
definite		Katangese	Katangesere	Katangeeste
partitive		Katangees	Katangesers	—

Noun

Katangees m (plural Katangezen, diminutive Katangeesje n)

1. A Katangese, inhabitant or descendant of the population of Katanga

   De ethnisch verscheiden Katangezen vormen toch een historische subnationaliteit van de Kongolezen

   The ethnically diverse Katangese still form a historical subnationality among the Congolese