Waals
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch walsch, waalsch, from Old Dutch *walsk, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz.
Cognate with German welsch, English Welsh, Danish vælsk.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aːls
- IPA(key): /ʋaːls/
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Proper noun
Waals n
- Walloon (the language)
Adjective
Waals (comparative Waalser, superlative meest Waals or Waalst)
- Walloon
- relating to the Walloon church
Inflection
| Inflection of Waals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | Waals | |||
| inflected | Waalse | |||
| comparative | Waalser | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | Waals | Waalser | het Waalst het Waalste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | Waalse | Waalsere | Waalste |
| n. sing. | Waals | Waalser | Waalste | |
| plural | Waalse | Waalsere | Waalste | |
| definite | Waalse | Waalsere | Waalste | |
| partitive | Waals | Waalsers | — | |
Derived terms
- Waalse