openbaar

Dutch

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Etymology 1

From open (“open”) +‎ baar (“bare”)

Adjective

openbaar (comparative openbaarder, superlative openbaarst)

1. public
2. non-affiliated (e.g. neither Catholic, Protestant, nor socialist)

Declension

Declension of openbaar
uninflected	openbaar
inflected	openbare
comparative	openbaarder
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		openbaar	openbaarder	het openbaarst het openbaarste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	openbare	openbaardere	openbaarste
	n. sing.	openbaar	openbaarder	openbaarste
	plural	openbare	openbaardere	openbaarste
definite		openbare	openbaardere	openbaarste
partitive		openbaars	openbaarders	—

Derived terms

• openbaarheid
• openbaren

Descendants

• Afrikaans: openbaar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

openbaar

1. inflection of openbaren:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative