hongerig
Dutch
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hungragaz, *hungrugaz (“hungry”), equivalent to honger + -ig. Compare German hungrig, English hungry.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
hongerig (comparative hongeriger, superlative hongerigst)
- hungry
Usage notes
- The normal Dutch expression for “I’m hungry” is ik heb honger (literally “I have hunger”) rather than the literal equivalent ik ben hongerig, which is very uncommon.
Inflection
| Inflection of hongerig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | hongerig | |||
| inflected | hongerige | |||
| comparative | hongeriger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | hongerig | hongeriger | het hongerigst het hongerigste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | hongerige | hongerigere | hongerigste |
| n. sing. | hongerig | hongeriger | hongerigste | |
| plural | hongerige | hongerigere | hongerigste | |
| definite | hongerige | hongerigere | hongerigste | |
| partitive | hongerigs | hongerigers | — | |