bestendig
Dutch
Alternative forms
- bestandig (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈstɛn.dəx/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: be‧sten‧dig
- Rhymes: -ɛndəx
Adjective
bestendig (comparative bestendiger, superlative bestendigst)
- lasting, permanent, as in bestendige deputatie (executive college in a Belgian province)
- De bestendige deputatie is het uitvoerend college van een Belgische provincie.
- The permanent deputation is the executive college of a Belgian province.
- resistant, enduring
- Deze verf is bestendig tegen extreme weersomstandigheden.
- This paint is resistant to extreme weather conditions.
- De bestendige vriendschap tussen hen duurde al tientallen jaren.
- The enduring friendship between them has lasted for decades.
- (in compounds) -proof
- Deze stof is waterbestendig en brandbestendig.
- This fabric is waterproof and fireproof.
Inflection
| Inflection of bestendig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | bestendig | |||
| inflected | bestendige | |||
| comparative | bestendiger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | bestendig | bestendiger | het bestendigst het bestendigste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | bestendige | bestendigere | bestendigste |
| n. sing. | bestendig | bestendiger | bestendigste | |
| plural | bestendige | bestendigere | bestendigste | |
| definite | bestendige | bestendigere | bestendigste | |
| partitive | bestendigs | bestendigers | — | |
Derived terms
- bestendigen
- bestendigheid
- hittebestendig
- waterbestendig
- weerbestendig
Anagrams
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