verknocht
Dutch
Etymology
This adjective arose form the former irregular past participle of verknopen (“to tie together”), it was similar to other weak verbs with a -cht participle like kopen. When the verb was regularized, the participle was maintained as a distinct adjective.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vərˈknɔxt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ver‧knocht
- Rhymes: -ɔxt
Adjective
verknocht (comparative verknochter, superlative meest verknocht)
Inflection
| Inflection of verknocht | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | verknocht | |||
| inflected | verknochte | |||
| comparative | verknochter | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | verknocht | verknochter | het meest verknocht het meest verknochte | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | verknochte | verknochtere | meest verknochte |
| n. sing. | verknocht | verknochter | meest verknochte | |
| plural | verknochte | verknochtere | meest verknochte | |
| definite | verknochte | verknochtere | meest verknochte | |
| partitive | verknochts | verknochters | — | |
Synonyms
- (emotionally attached) gehecht
Derived terms
- verknochtheid
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