excentriek
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle French excentrique, from Medieval Latin excentricus, from Ancient Greek ἔκκεντρος (ékkentros, “not having the earth as the center of an orbit”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) + κέντρον (kéntron, “point”)
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: ex‧cen‧triek
Adjective
excentriek (comparative excentrieker, superlative excentriekst)
- eccentric
Inflection
| Inflection of excentriek | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | excentriek | |||
| inflected | excentrieke | |||
| comparative | excentrieker | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | excentriek | excentrieker | het excentriekst het excentriekste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | excentrieke | excentriekere | excentriekste |
| n. sing. | excentriek | excentrieker | excentriekste | |
| plural | excentrieke | excentriekere | excentriekste | |
| definite | excentrieke | excentriekere | excentriekste | |
| partitive | excentrieks | excentriekers | — | |
Derived terms
- excentriekeling