pathogeen
Dutch
Etymology
Likely borrowed from French pathogène or German pathogen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌpɑ.toːˈɣeːn/
- Hyphenation: pa‧tho‧geen
- Rhymes: -eːn
Adjective
pathogeen (comparative pathogener, superlative meest pathogeen)
- pathogenic [from late 19th c.]
- Synonym: ziekteverwekkend
Inflection
| Inflection of pathogeen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | pathogeen | |||
| inflected | pathogene | |||
| comparative | pathogener | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | pathogeen | pathogener | het meest pathogeen het meest pathogeene | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | pathogene | pathogenere | meest pathogeene |
| n. sing. | pathogeen | pathogener | meest pathogeene | |
| plural | pathogene | pathogenere | meest pathogeene | |
| definite | pathogene | pathogenere | meest pathogeene | |
| partitive | pathogeens | pathogeners | — | |
Noun
pathogeen m (plural pathogenen)
- A pathogen. [from early 20th c.]
- Synonyms: smetstof, ziektekiem, ziekteverwekker