hardnekkig
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Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch hartnackich. Equivalent to hard (“hard”) + nek (“neck”) + -ig (“-y”) (lit. “having a hard neck”). Compare halsstarrig.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]hardnekkig (comparative hardnekkiger, superlative hardnekkigst)
- stubborn, stiffnecked
- Statenbijbel, Deuteronomy 9.13 (tr. 1635):
- Voorts sprak de HEERE tot mij, zeggende: Ik heb dit volk aangemerkt, en zie, het is een hardnekkig volk.
- Furthermore the Lord spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people.
- Synonyms: eigenwijs, halsstarrig, koppig, stijfhoofdig
- Statenbijbel, Deuteronomy 9.13 (tr. 1635):
- persistent, lasting
Declension
[edit]Declension of hardnekkig | ||||
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uninflected | hardnekkig | |||
inflected | hardnekkige | |||
comparative | hardnekkiger | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | hardnekkig | hardnekkiger | het hardnekkigst het hardnekkigste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | hardnekkige | hardnekkigere | hardnekkigste |
n. sing. | hardnekkig | hardnekkiger | hardnekkigste | |
plural | hardnekkige | hardnekkigere | hardnekkigste | |
definite | hardnekkige | hardnekkigere | hardnekkigste | |
partitive | hardnekkigs | hardnekkigers | — |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: hardnekkig