eigenzinnig
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from German eigensinnig (“eccentric, stubborn”), from eigen (“own”) and Sinn (“sense, mind”). Analysable in Dutch as a compound of eigen + -zinnig.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
eigenzinnig (comparative eigenzinniger, superlative eigenzinnigst)
- idiosyncratic
Inflection
| Inflection of eigenzinnig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | eigenzinnig | |||
| inflected | eigenzinnige | |||
| comparative | eigenzinniger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | eigenzinnig | eigenzinniger | het eigenzinnigst het eigenzinnigste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | eigenzinnige | eigenzinnigere | eigenzinnigste |
| n. sing. | eigenzinnig | eigenzinniger | eigenzinnigste | |
| plural | eigenzinnige | eigenzinnigere | eigenzinnigste | |
| definite | eigenzinnige | eigenzinnigere | eigenzinnigste | |
| partitive | eigenzinnigs | eigenzinnigers | — | |