vlijmscherp

Dutch

Etymology

From vlijm (“lancet-type knife”) +‎ scherp (“sharp”).

Pronunciation
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Adjective

vlijmscherp (comparative vlijmscherper, superlative vlijmscherpst)

  1. (literally) razor-sharp, said of blades and other sharpened objects
  2. (by extension) painfully sharp or acute, notably said of sensorial functions
  3. (figuratively) precisely, either usefully, dangerously or harmfully, cutting, biting, burning, penetrating etc., said of speech, reasoning etc.

Inflection
Inflection of vlijmscherp
uninflected vlijmscherp
inflected vlijmscherpe
comparative vlijmscherper
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial vlijmscherpvlijmscherperhet vlijmscherpst
het vlijmscherpste
indefinite m./f. sing. vlijmscherpevlijmscherperevlijmscherpste
n. sing. vlijmscherpvlijmscherpervlijmscherpste
plural vlijmscherpevlijmscherperevlijmscherpste
definite vlijmscherpevlijmscherperevlijmscherpste
partitive vlijmscherpsvlijmscherpers—

Derived terms
  • vlijmscherpte
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