zeker
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch sēker, from Old Dutch *sikur, from Proto-West Germanic *sikur (“free, secure”), borrowed from Latin sēcūrus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
zeker (comparative zekerder, superlative zekerst)
Inflection
Declension of zeker | ||||
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uninflected | zeker | |||
inflected | zekere | |||
comparative | zekerder | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | zeker | zekerder | het zekerst het zekerste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | zekere | zekerdere | zekerste |
n. sing. | zeker | zekerder | zekerste | |
plural | zekere | zekerdere | zekerste | |
definite | zekere | zekerdere | zekerste | |
partitive | zekers | zekerders | — |
Adverb
zeker
- certainly, surely
- particularly, even more unambiguously
- In noordelijk Europa, zeker in Nederland, eet men het avondeten vroeger dan in het zuiden.
- In northern Europe, particularly in the Netherlands, people have supper earlier than in the south.
- In noordelijk Europa, zeker in Nederland, eet men het avondeten vroeger dan in het zuiden.
Antonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: seker
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- Rhymes:Dutch/eːkər
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