schuchter
Dutch
Etymology
Via Early Modern German schüchter from a German Low German source. The contemporary German form is schüchtern. Eventually akin to German scheu, Dutch schuw, and English shy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsxʏxtər/
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Adjective
schuchter (comparative schuchterder, superlative schuchterst)
Inflection
| Inflection of schuchter | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | schuchter | |||
| inflected | schuchtere | |||
| comparative | schuchterder | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | schuchter | schuchterder | het schuchterst het schuchterste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | schuchtere | schuchterdere | schuchterste |
| n. sing. | schuchter | schuchterder | schuchterste | |
| plural | schuchtere | schuchterdere | schuchterste | |
| definite | schuchtere | schuchterdere | schuchterste | |
| partitive | schuchters | schuchterders | — | |
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