ijdel

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch idel, from Old Dutch īdil, from Proto-Germanic *īdalaz. Cognate with German eitel, English idle.

The common Dutch loss of medial -d- led to the by-forms ijl and iel, which eventually acquired different meanings.

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Adjective

ijdel (comparative ijdeler, superlative ijdelst)

  1. vain, overly proud (of one's appearance, status etc.)
  2. idle, in vain, unfounded
  3. petty, mere, insignificant, worthless

Inflection
Inflection of ijdel
uninflected ijdel
inflected ijdele
comparative ijdeler
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial ijdelijdelerhet ijdelst
het ijdelste
indefinite m./f. sing. ijdeleijdelereijdelste
n. sing. ijdelijdelerijdelste
plural ijdeleijdelereijdelste
definite ijdeleijdelereijdelste
partitive ijdelsijdelers—

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