doodsbang
Dutch
Etymology
From dood (“death”) + -s- + bang (“scared”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /doːtsˈbɑŋ/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: doods‧bang
Adjective
doodsbang (not comparable)
- (literally) fearing death, scared of dying
- (by extension) scared to death, gravely anguished
Inflection
| Inflection of doodsbang | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | doodsbang | |||
| inflected | doodsbange | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | doodsbang | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | doodsbange | ||
| n. sing. | doodsbang | |||
| plural | doodsbange | |||
| definite | doodsbange | |||
| partitive | doodsbangs | |||
Related terms
- doodsverachting
- doodsangst