dwaas

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch dwaes, from Old Dutch *dwās, from Proto-West Germanic *dwās, from Proto-Germanic *dwēsaz. Compare German quasseln.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dʋaːs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: dwaas
  • Rhymes: -aːs

Adjective

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dwaas (comparative dwazer, superlative meest dwaas or dwaast)

  1. foolish, stupid

Declension

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Declension of dwaas
uninflected dwaas
inflected dwaze
comparative dwazer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial dwaas dwazer het dwaast
het dwaaste
indefinite m./f. sing. dwaze dwazere dwaaste
n. sing. dwaas dwazer dwaaste
plural dwaze dwazere dwaaste
definite dwaze dwazere dwaaste
partitive dwaas dwazers —

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Noun

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dwaas m (plural dwazen, diminutive dwaasje n, feminine dwazin)

  1. a stupid person, fool (male or of unspecified gender)
    Synonyms: dombo, domkop, dommerik, domoor, ezel, ezelsveulen, idioot, kalf, kalverkop, kneus, leeghoofd, oelewapper, oen, rund, steenezel, sufferd, sufkop, sukkel, stommeling, uil, uilskuiken

Anagrams

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