woest

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋust/
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Adjective

woest (comparative woester, superlative meest woest or woestst)

  1. (concerning a creature and behavior) wild, savage, ferocious, furious
    De bengel maakte vader vaak woest.
    The rascal often got dad furious
  2. (concerning a place) inhospitable, rough, wild; (poetic) desolate
    Antropologen brengen woeste gebruiken vaak in verband met de woeste omgeving
    Anthopologists often link savage customs to a hostile environment

Inflection

Inflection of woest
uninflected woest
inflected woeste
comparative woester
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial woest woester het woestst
het woestste
indefinite m./f. sing. woeste woestere woestste
n. sing. woest woester woestste
plural woeste woestere woestste
definite woeste woestere woestste
partitive woests woesters —

Synonyms

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