hardnekkig

Dutch

Etymology

From hard + nek + -ig ("having a hard neck").

Pronunciation

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Adjective

hardnekkig (comparative hardnekkiger, superlative hardnekkigst)

  1. stubborn, stiffnecked
    • Statenbijbel, Deuteronomy 9.13 (tr. 1635):
      Voorts sprak de HEERE tot mij, zeggende: Ik heb dit volk aangemerkt, en zie, het is een hardnekkig volk.
      Furthermore the Lord spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people.

Inflection

Inflection of hardnekkig
uninflected hardnekkig
inflected hardnekkige
comparative hardnekkiger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial hardnekkighardnekkigerhet hardnekkigst
het hardnekkigste
indefinite m./f. sing. hardnekkigehardnekkigerehardnekkigste
n. sing. hardnekkighardnekkigerhardnekkigste
plural hardnekkigehardnekkigerehardnekkigste
definite hardnekkigehardnekkigerehardnekkigste
partitive hardnekkigshardnekkigers

Synonyms

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