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kwaad
kwaad
Afrikaans
Adjective
kwaad (attributive kwaai, comparative kwaaier or kwater, superlative kwaadste)
Noun
kwaad (plural kwade)
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʋaːt/
- Rhymes: -aːt
Etymology
From Middle Dutch quaet, from Old Dutch *kwāt. The adjective is from Proto-Germanic *kwēdaz, the noun from *kwēdą. More at qued.
Adjective
kwaad (comparative kwader, superlative kwaadst)
Inflection
| Inflection of kwaad | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | kwaad | |||
| inflected | kwade | |||
| comparative | kwader | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | kwaad | kwader | het kwaadst het kwaadste |
|
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | kwade | kwadere | kwaadste |
| n. sing. | kwaad | kwader | kwaadste | |
| plural | kwade | kwadere | kwaadste | |
| definite | kwade | kwadere | kwaadste | |
| partitive | kwaads | kwaders | — | |
Synonyms
Antonyms
Noun
kwaad n (plural kwaden)
- evil
- Maar verlos ons van het kwaad
- But deliver us from evil
- Maar verlos ons van het kwaad