middelbaar

Dutch

Etymology

middel +‎ -baar

Pronunciation

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Adjective

middelbaar (not comparable)

  1. secondary

Usage notes

  • This term is used specifically to refer to secondary schooling. It commonly collocates with words such as onderwijs (secondary education) or simply school (secondary school). In combination with 'leeftijd;', however, it just means 'middle'. Van middelbare leeftijd: middle-aged.

Inflection

Inflection of middelbaar
uninflected middelbaar
inflected middelbare
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial middelbaar
indefinite m./f. sing. middelbare
n. sing. middelbaar
plural middelbare
definite middelbare
partitive —

Derived terms

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