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holandisks
holandisks
Latvian
Adjective
holandisks (def. holandiskais, comp. holandiskāks, sup. visholandiskākais; adv. holandiski)
- Dutch (relating to the Dutch language; relating to the Dutch people or to Holland, to the Netherlands)
- holandisks sveiciens ― a Dutch greeting
- holandieši ir ļoti tieši, ne tik diplomātiski, un es šajā ziņā esmu ļoti holandisks ― the Dutch are very direct, not so diplomatic, and in this respect I am very Dutch
Declension
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of holandisks
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
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| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
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| nominative (nominatīvs) | holandisks | holandiski | holandiska | holandiskas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | holandisku | holandiskus | holandisku | holandiskas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | holandiska | holandisku | holandiskas | holandisku | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | holandiskam | holandiskiem | holandiskai | holandiskām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | holandisku | holandiskiem | holandisku | holandiskām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | holandiskā | holandiskos | holandiskā | holandiskās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
Usage notes
- The term nīderlandisks is more recent and currently preferred, while holandisks is more traditional.
- English “Dutch” as an attributive adjective usually correponds in Latvian to holandiešu, the genitive plural form of holandietis. The adjective holandisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Dutch”), or in its adverbial form holandiski.