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plausibel

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French plausible.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /plɑu̯ˈsi.bəl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ibəl

Adjective

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plausibel (comparative plausibeler, superlative plausibelst)

  1. plausible
    Synonyms: aannemelijk, waarschijnlijk

Declension

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Declension of plausibel
uninflected plausibel
inflected plausibele
comparative plausibeler
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial plausibel plausibeler het plausibelst
het plausibelste
indefinite m./f. sing. plausibele plausibelere plausibelste
n. sing. plausibel plausibeler plausibelste
plural plausibele plausibelere plausibelste
definite plausibele plausibelere plausibelste
partitive plausibels plausibelers

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “plausibel”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

German

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Etymology

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French plausible, from Latin plausibilis

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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plausibel (strong nominative masculine singular plausibler, comparative plausibler, superlative am plausibelsten)

  1. plausible (seemingly valid)
    Synonyms: einleuchtend, glaubhaft

Declension

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Further reading

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  • plausibel” in Duden online
  • plausibel”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)

Swedish

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Adjective

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plausibel (comparative plausiblare, superlative plausiblast)

  1. plausible, seemingly valid

Declension

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Inflection of plausibel
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular plausibel plausiblare plausiblast
neuter singular plausibelt plausiblare plausiblast
plural plausibla plausiblare plausiblast
masculine plural2 plausible plausiblare plausiblast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 plausible plausiblare plausiblaste
all plausibla plausiblare plausiblaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Further reading

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  • plausibel”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)