mooi

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch mooi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moːi̯/

Adjective

mooi (attributive mooie, comparative mooier, superlative mooiste)

1. beautiful, pretty

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch moy, from Old Dutch *mōi (“nice, pleasant, clean”), from Proto-Germanic *mawjaz (“clean, washed”), from Proto-Indo-European *mou-io- (“washed”), from Proto-Indo-European *mū-, *mew(ə)- (“to wash, wet”). Cognate with Middle Low German moie (“nice, sheen”) (Low German moi (“pretty, good, nice”)), Middle Low German mūten (“to wash the face”), and possibly to Latin mundus (“clean, neat, elegant”). More at mundation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moːi̯/

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• Hyphenation: mooi
• Rhymes: -oːi̯

Adjective

mooi (comparative mooier, superlative mooist)

1. beautiful, pretty, handsome

   Wat een mooi meisje. ― What a beautiful girl.

   Ik ben te mooi om te werken. ― I'm too beautiful to work.

2. nice, good

   Mooi werk! ― Nice work!

Inflection

Declension of mooi
uninflected	mooi
inflected	mooie
comparative	mooier
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		mooi	mooier	het mooist het mooiste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	mooie	mooiere	mooiste
	n. sing.	mooi	mooier	mooiste
	plural	mooie	mooiere	mooiste
definite		mooie	mooiere	mooiste
partitive		moois	mooiers	—

Descendants

• Afrikaans: mooi
• → Sranan Tongo: moi
• → West Frisian: moai

See also

"mooi" on etymologiebank.nl