hardnekkig
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch hartnackich. Equivalent to hard (“hard”) + nek (“neck”) + -ig (“-y”) (lit. “having a hard neck”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɦɑrtˈnɛ.kəx/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: hard‧nek‧kig
- Rhymes: -ɛkəx
Adjective
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
Inflection
| Inflection of hardnekkig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- hardnekkigheid
Descendants
- Afrikaans: hardnekkig
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