nodig

See also: nödig

Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *naudigaz (compare English needy and German nötig); synchronically analyzable as nood + -ig.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnoːdəx/
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  • Hyphenation: no‧dig
  • Rhymes: -oːdəx

Adjective

nodig (comparative nodiger, superlative nodigst)

  1. necessary, needed
    Dat is niet nodig.
    That's not necessary.
  2. (only in attribute position) some amount or [[degree] of, a certain level of, some

Inflection

Inflection of nodig
uninflected nodig
inflected nodige
comparative nodiger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial nodignodigerhet nodigst
het nodigste
indefinite m./f. sing. nodigenodigerenodigste
n. sing. nodignodigernodigste
plural nodigenodigerenodigste
definite nodigenodigerenodigste
partitive nodigsnodigers

Derived terms

Adverb

nodig

  1. necessarily, badly, urgently
    Het wegdek hier moet nodig vernieuwd worden.
    The road here badly needs resurfacing.

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