halsstarrig
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German halsstarrig, from Halsstarre (“obstinacy”, literally “stiff-neckedness”). By surface analysis, hals (“neck”) + star (“stiff”) + -ig.[1] Compare hardnekkig.
Attested since 1542.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
edithalsstarrig (comparative halsstarriger, superlative halsstarrigst)
Declension
editDeclension of halsstarrig | ||||
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uninflected | halsstarrig | |||
inflected | halsstarrige | |||
comparative | halsstarriger | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | halsstarrig | halsstarriger | het halsstarrigst het halsstarrigste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | halsstarrige | halsstarrigere | halsstarrigste |
n. sing. | halsstarrig | halsstarriger | halsstarrigste | |
plural | halsstarrige | halsstarrigere | halsstarrigste | |
definite | halsstarrige | halsstarrigere | halsstarrigste | |
partitive | halsstarrigs | halsstarrigers | — |
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editReferences
edit- ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
German
editEtymology
editFrom Hals + starr + -ig. Calque of Hebrew קשה ערף (Exodus 33). A biblical term similar to Swedish hårdnackad, Ancient Greek σκληροτράχηλος (sklērotrákhēlos), Russian жестоковыйный (žestokovyjnyj) etc.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
edithalsstarrig (strong nominative masculine singular halsstarriger, comparative halsstarriger, superlative am halsstarrigsten)
Declension
editPositive forms of halsstarrig
Comparative forms of halsstarrig
Superlative forms of halsstarrig
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “halsstarrig” in Duden online
Swedish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German halsstarrig. Compare origin of hårdnackad, styvnackad.
Adjective
edithalsstarrig (comparative mer halsstarrig, superlative mest halsstarrig)
Declension
editInflection of halsstarrig | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | halsstarrig | mer halsstarrig | mest halsstarrig |
Neuter singular | halsstarrigt | mer halsstarrigt | mest halsstarrigt |
Plural | halsstarriga | mer halsstarriga | mest halsstarriga |
Masculine plural3 | halsstarrige | mer halsstarriga | mest halsstarriga |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | halsstarrige | mer halsstarrige | mest halsstarrige |
All | halsstarriga | mer halsstarriga | mest halsstarriga |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
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