vogelvrij
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From vogel (“bird”) + vrij (“free”), calque of German vogelfrei.
Adjective
vogelvrij (not comparable)
- outlawed (declared outside of the law and unprotected by the law)
Inflection
Declension of vogelvrij | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
uninflected | vogelvrij | |||
inflected | vogelvrije | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | vogelvrij | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | vogelvrije | ||
n. sing. | vogelvrij | |||
plural | vogelvrije | |||
definite | vogelvrije | |||
partitive | vogelvrijs |
Descendants
- Afrikaans: voëlvry
Etymology 2
From vogel (“bird”) + vrij (“free”).
Adjective
vogelvrij (not comparable)
- free as a bird (completely free)
Inflection
Declension of vogelvrij | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
uninflected | vogelvrij | |||
inflected | vogelvrije | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | vogelvrij | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | vogelvrije | ||
n. sing. | vogelvrij | |||
plural | vogelvrije | |||
definite | vogelvrije | |||
partitive | vogelvrijs |
Descendants
- Afrikaans: voëlvry