geneigd
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣəˈnɛi̯xt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ge‧neigd
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯xt
Adjective
geneigd (comparative geneigder or meer geneigd, superlative het geneigdst or het meest geneigd)
- inclined (having a tendency or preference)
- Maar zijn wij alzo verdorven, dat wij ganselijk onbekwaamzijn tot enig goed en geneigd tot alle kwaad?
- But are we so depraved, that we are totally incapable of any good and inclined to all evil?
- Rousseau geloofde in de van nature tot het goede geneigde mens.
- Rousseau believed in humankind as naturally inclined to that which is good.
Usage notes
The adjective is mostly used predicatively; when used attributively, it is preceded by a specification of that towards which someone or something is inclined.
Inflection
| Inflection of geneigd | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | geneigd | |||
| inflected | geneigde | |||
| comparative | geneigder | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | geneigd | geneigder | het geneigdst het geneigdste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | geneigde | geneigdere | geneigdste |
| n. sing. | geneigd | geneigder | geneigdste | |
| plural | geneigde | geneigdere | geneigdste | |
| definite | geneigde | geneigdere | geneigdste | |
| partitive | geneigds | geneigders | — | |
Derived terms
- geneigdheid
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