holandisks
Latvian
Etymology
From Holande (“Holland”) + -isks.
Adjective
holandisks (definite holandiskais, comparative holandiskāks, superlative visholandiskākais, adverb holandiski)
- Dutch (relating to the Dutch language; relating to the Dutch people or to Holland, to the Netherlands)
- holandisks sveiciens ― a Dutch greeting
- holandieši ir ļoti tieši, ne tik diplomātiski, un es šajā ziņā esmu ļoti holandisks ― the Dutch are very direct, not so diplomatic, and in this respect I am very Dutch
Usage notes
- The term nīderlandisks is more recent and currently preferred, while holandisks is more traditional.
- English “Dutch” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to holandiešu, the genitive plural form of holandietis. The adjective holandisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Dutch”), or in its adverbial form holandiski.
Declension
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of holandisks
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | holandisks | holandiski | holandiska | holandiskas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | holandisku | holandiskus | holandisku | holandiskas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | holandiska | holandisku | holandiskas | holandisku | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | holandiskam | holandiskiem | holandiskai | holandiskām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | holandisku | holandiskiem | holandisku | holandiskām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | holandiskā | holandiskos | holandiskā | holandiskās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
Synonyms
- nīderlandisks
Related terms
- Holande
- holandietis, holandiete
- holandiešu valoda