helder
See also: Hélder
Afrikaans
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
helder (attributive helder, comparative helderder, superlative helderste)
- clear, bright
- clear, lucid, obvious
- clear, transparent, lucid
Dutch
Etymology
From earlier heller, derived from or related to hel (“bright”), though the origin of the suffix -er is unknown.[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
helder (comparative helderder, superlative helderst)
- clear, bright
- clear, lucid, obvious
- clear, transparent, lucid
Inflection
| Declension of helder | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | helder | |||
| inflected | heldere | |||
| comparative | helderder | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | helder | helderder | het helderst het helderste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | heldere | helderdere | helderste |
| n. sing. | helder | helderder | helderste | |
| plural | heldere | helderdere | helderste | |
| definite | heldere | helderdere | helderste | |
| partitive | helders | helderders | — | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: helder
References
- ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “helder”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press