mensonterend
Dutch
Etymology
From mens (“human”) + onterend (“dishonouring, defiling, violating, degrading”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌmɛns.ɔntˈeː.rənt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: mens‧ont‧erend
Adjective
mensonterend (not comparable)
- Violating one's basic human dignity; extremely degrading to humans.
- Mishandeling van krijgsgevangenen is mensonterend en strafbaar volgens internationaal recht.
- Abuse of prisoners-of-war violates human dignity and is punishable according to international law.
Inflection
| Inflection of mensonterend | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | mensonterend | |||
| inflected | mensonterende | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | mensonterend | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | mensonterende | ||
| n. sing. | mensonterend | |||
| plural | mensonterende | |||
| definite | mensonterende | |||
| partitive | mensonterends | |||
Related terms
- dieronterend