loodrecht
Dutch
Etymology
From lood (“plumb bob”) + recht (“straight”). Purism introduced by Simon Stevin in the 16th century to replace the Dutch word perpendiculair (“perpendicular”) which was a borrowing from Latin perpendiculum.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
loodrecht (comparative loodrechter, superlative loodrechtst)
Inflection
Declension of loodrecht | ||||
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uninflected | loodrecht | |||
inflected | loodrechte | |||
comparative | loodrechter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | loodrecht | loodrechter | het loodrechtst het loodrechtste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | loodrechte | loodrechtere | loodrechtste |
n. sing. | loodrecht | loodrechter | loodrechtste | |
plural | loodrechte | loodrechtere | loodrechtste | |
definite | loodrechte | loodrechtere | loodrechtste | |
partitive | loodrechts | loodrechters | — |
Synonyms
- (perpendicular): orthogonaal