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achterbaks
achterbaks
Dutch
Adjective
achterbaks (comparative achterbakser, superlative meest achterbaks or achterbakst)
Usage notes
Acting "achterbaks" is to act in a way you wouldn't expect from well-behaved people, implied is little profit for the one doing it and big loss for the one it's done to.
Inflection
| Inflection of achterbaks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | achterbaks | |||
| inflected | achterbakse | |||
| comparative | achterbakser | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | achterbaks | achterbakser | het achterbakst het achterbakste |
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| indefinite | m./f. sing. | achterbakse | achterbaksere | achterbakste |
| n. sing. | achterbaks | achterbakser | achterbakste | |
| plural | achterbakse | achterbaksere | achterbakste | |
| definite | achterbakse | achterbaksere | achterbakste | |
| partitive | achterbaks | achterbaksers | — | |