beleefd

Dutch

Etymology

From beleefd, in the older sense "to observe (a custom)". The word, itself a conjugation of beleven, thus originally meant "observing custom or protocol".

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bəˈleːft/
  • beleefd(file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧leefd
  • Rhymes: -eːft

Adjective

beleefd (comparative beleefder, superlative beleefdst)

  1. polite (well-mannered)

Inflection
Inflection of beleefd
uninflected beleefd
inflected beleefde
comparative beleefder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial beleefdbeleefderhet beleefdst
het beleefdste
indefinite m./f. sing. beleefdebeleefderebeleefdste
n. sing. beleefdbeleefderbeleefdste
plural beleefdebeleefderebeleefdste
definite beleefdebeleefderebeleefdste
partitive beleefdsbeleefders—

Synonyms

Derived terms

Participle

beleefd

  1. past participle of beleven

Inflection
Inflection of beleefd
uninflected beleefd
inflected beleefde
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial beleefd
indefinite m./f. sing. beleefde
n. sing. beleefd
plural beleefde
definite beleefde
partitive beleefds
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