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middelbaar
middelbaar
Dutch
Adjective
middelbaar (not comparable)
Usage notes
- This term is used specifically to refer to secondary schooling. It commonly collocates with words such as onderwijs (secondary education) or simply school (secondary school). In combination with 'leeftijd;', however, it just means 'middle'. Van middelbare leeftijd: middle-aged.
Inflection
Inflection of middelbaar | ||||
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uninflected | middelbaar | |||
inflected | middelbare | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | middelbaar | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | middelbare | ||
n. sing. | middelbaar | |||
plural | middelbare | |||
definite | middelbare | |||
partitive | — |