hardnekkig

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hartnackich. Equivalent to hard (“hard”) +‎ nek (“neck”) +‎ -ig (“-y”) (lit. “having a hard neck”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌɦɑrtˈnɛ.kəx/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: hard‧nek‧kig
  • Rhymes: -ɛkəx

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.
Synonyms: eigenwijs, halsstarrig, koppig, stijfhoofdig
  1. persistent, lasting

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—

Derived terms
  • hardnekkigheid

Descendants
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