vervaard

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Past participle of the now-obsolete verb vervaren (to fear).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛrˈvaːrt/, /vərˈvaːrt/
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧vaard
  • Rhymes: -aːrt

Adjective

vervaard (comparative vervaarder, superlative vervaardst)

  1. (dialectal, archaic in Standard Dutch) afraid, perturbed

Usage notes

  • Considerably less common than its derivative onvervaard, though even that is a dated term.

Inflection

Inflection of vervaard
uninflected vervaard
inflected vervaarde
comparative vervaarder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial vervaardvervaarderhet vervaardst
het vervaardste
indefinite m./f. sing. vervaardevervaarderevervaardste
n. sing. vervaardvervaardervervaardste
plural vervaardevervaarderevervaardste
definite vervaardevervaarderevervaardste
partitive vervaardsvervaarders

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