infaam
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French infame, from Latin infamis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnˈfaːm/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: in‧faam
- Rhymes: -aːm
Adjective
infaam (comparative infamer, superlative infaamst)
- dishonourable, honourless
- scandalous, odious, despicable
- 2012 November 3, Niels van der Laan & Jeroen Woe (as "Geen Familie"), "Rap over Moszkowicz", in Langs de Leeuw, VARA.
- 't Is infaam en abject, ('t Is gewoon abject!) / 'k Heb geen idee wat het betekent, maar het klinkt gewoon perfect.
- 2012 November 3, Niels van der Laan & Jeroen Woe (as "Geen Familie"), "Rap over Moszkowicz", in Langs de Leeuw, VARA.
Inflection
| Inflection of infaam | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | infaam | |||
| inflected | infame | |||
| comparative | infamer | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | infaam | infamer | het infaamst het infaamste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | infame | infamere | infaamste |
| n. sing. | infaam | infamer | infaamste | |
| plural | infame | infamere | infaamste | |
| definite | infame | infamere | infaamste | |
| partitive | infaams | infamers | — | |
Derived terms
- infaamheid
Related terms
- infameus
Descendants
- Afrikaans: infaam
- → West Frisian: ynfaam