vermetel
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Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Late Middle Dutch vermetel, from vermeten (“audacious, overconfident”) influenced by -el, originally a reflexive verb meaning “to overestimate oneself, to be overconfident, to mismeasure”, from ver- + meten, related to mate. Equivalent to ver- + meten with assimilation to -el.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]vermetel (comparative vermeteler, superlative vermetelst)
Declension
[edit]| Declension of vermetel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | vermetel | |||
| inflected | vermetele | |||
| comparative | vermeteler | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | vermetel | vermeteler | het vermetelst het vermetelste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | vermetele | vermetelere | vermetelste |
| n. sing. | vermetel | vermeteler | vermetelste | |
| plural | vermetele | vermetelere | vermetelste | |
| definite | vermetele | vermetelere | vermetelste | |
| partitive | vermetels | vermetelers | — | |
Synonyms
[edit]- (audacious): driest, onvervaard, stoutmoedig, vermeten
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Adverb
[edit]vermetel