slaafs
Dutch
Alternative forms
- slaafsch (obsolete)
Etymology
From slaaf + -s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /slaːfs/
- Hyphenation: slaafs
- Rhymes: -aːfs
Adjective
slaafs (comparative slaafser, superlative meest slaafs or slaafst)
- slavish, obsequious, subservient
- slavish, unthinking, uncritically following orders or examples
- (uncommon) pertaining to slaves or slavery
Inflection
| Inflection of slaafs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | slaafs | |||
| inflected | slaafse | |||
| comparative | slaafser | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | slaafs | slaafser | het slaafst het slaafste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | slaafse | slaafsere | slaafste |
| n. sing. | slaafs | slaafser | slaafste | |
| plural | slaafse | slaafsere | slaafste | |
| definite | slaafse | slaafsere | slaafste | |
| partitive | slaafs | slaafsers | — | |
Derived terms
- slaafsheid