onvolwassen
Dutch
Etymology
From on- + volwassen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɔn.vɔlˈʋɑ.sə(n)/
- Hyphenation: on‧vol‧was‧sen
Adjective
onvolwassen (not comparable)
- immature (not having reached adulthood or maturity)
- Enkel een paar onvolwassen dieren hadden de storm overleefd.
- Only a few immature animals had survived the storm.
- immature (behaving childishly)
- Het werk van deze nationale historicus staat bol van de onvolwassen vooroordelen.
- The works of this national historian are filled to the rafters with immature prejudices.
Inflection
| Inflection of onvolwassen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | onvolwassen | |||
| inflected | onvolwassen | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | onvolwassen | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | onvolwassen | ||
| n. sing. | onvolwassen | |||
| plural | onvolwassen | |||
| definite | onvolwassen | |||
| partitive | onvolwassens | |||
Derived terms
- onvolwassenheid