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4<br />

Adjectives<br />

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Common prefixes with a reinforcing meaning<br />

aarts- aartslui v<strong>er</strong>y lazy, aartsgi<strong>er</strong>ig v<strong>er</strong>y stingy, aartslelijk<br />

v<strong>er</strong>y ugly<br />

o<strong>er</strong>- o<strong>er</strong>dom v<strong>er</strong>y stupid, o<strong>er</strong>oud v<strong>er</strong>y old, o<strong>er</strong>saai v<strong>er</strong>y<br />

boring<br />

door- doornat wet through, doorslecht thoroughly bad<br />

in- (intens) intriest utt<strong>er</strong>ly sad, ingemeen utt<strong>er</strong>ly mean<br />

ov<strong>er</strong>- ov<strong>er</strong>beleefd ov<strong>er</strong>ly polite, ov<strong>er</strong>actief ov<strong>er</strong>ly active<br />

Suffixes<br />

Many suffixes are used to form adjectives. The root words can be nouns,<br />

v<strong>er</strong>bs, names, oth<strong>er</strong> adjectives, and so on. Examples:<br />

Deze weg is <strong>er</strong>g gevaarlijk (from gevaar and -lijk).<br />

This road is v<strong>er</strong>y dang<strong>er</strong>ous.<br />

Het is een regenachtige (from regenen and -achtig) dag.<br />

It’s a rainy day.<br />

Erik is een kritische (from kritiek and -isch) consument.<br />

Erik is a critical consum<strong>er</strong>.<br />

Dit is een le<strong>er</strong>zaam (from l<strong>er</strong>en and -zaam) boek.<br />

This is an instructive book.<br />

Die vaas is breekbaar (from breken and -baar).<br />

That vase is fragile.<br />

Kijk, een wint<strong>er</strong>s (from wint<strong>er</strong> and -s) landschap.<br />

Look, a wint<strong>er</strong> landscape.<br />

We moeten op p<strong>er</strong>iodieke (from p<strong>er</strong>iode and -iek) buien rekenen.<br />

We must be ready for p<strong>er</strong>iodic rain show<strong>er</strong>s.<br />

Ik heb een draadloze (from draad and -loos) telefoon.<br />

I have a cordless phone.<br />

Common suffixes for the formation of adjectives<br />

-aal, -eel muzikaal musical, klassikaal whole-class, cultureel cultural<br />

-achtig roodachtig reddish, twijfelachtig dubious, k<strong>er</strong>nachtig concise<br />

-baar tastbaar tangible, kwetsbaar vuln<strong>er</strong>able, betaalbaar affordable<br />

-ief, -iek facultatief optional, en<strong>er</strong>giek en<strong>er</strong>getic<br />

-ig, -<strong>er</strong>ig nattig clammy, plag<strong>er</strong>ig teasingly, dwep<strong>er</strong>ig zealous<br />

-isch tragisch tragic, komisch comical, biologisch biological

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