argeloos
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from German arglos. Equivalent to contemporary erg (“bad, evil”) + -loos (“less”). First attested in the late 18th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑr.ɣəˌloːs/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ar‧ge‧loos
Adjective
argeloos (comparative argelozer, superlative meest argeloos or argeloost)
- unsuspecting
Inflection
| Inflection of argeloos | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | argeloos | |||
| inflected | argeloze | |||
| comparative | argelozer | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | argeloos | argelozer | het argeloost het argelooste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | argeloze | argelozere | argelooste |
| n. sing. | argeloos | argelozer | argelooste | |
| plural | argeloze | argelozere | argelooste | |
| definite | argeloze | argelozere | argelooste | |
| partitive | argeloos | argelozers | — | |
Derived terms
- argeloosheid
Descendants
- Afrikaans: argeloos