dieronterend
Dutch
FWOTD – 3 May 2018
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdiːrɔntˌeːrənt/
- Hyphenation: dier‧ont‧e‧rend
Adjective
dieronterend (not comparable)
- Violating the dignity of animals; extremely degrading to animals.
- Leefomstandigheden in veel Nederlandse varkensstallen zijn ronduit dieronterend.
- Living conditions in many Dutch pig pens are downright degrading to animals.
- 1990, in Vogels 55, periodical of the Nederlandse Vereniging tot Bescherming van Vogels, p. 45:
- De manier waarop vanuit dit land wilde vogels op transport worden gesteld is wel zeer dieronterend.
- The manner in which wild birds are transported out of this country very much violates the animals' dignity.
- 2008, A.C.M. Geffen, Oprispingen & de lat: gebundelde columns, p. 63:
- Casteren is ook de normaalste zaak van de wereld geworden. Schande vind ik het. Dieronterend. Ook bij het voortbestaan van dierentuinen heb ik mijn vraagtekens.
- Castration has also become the most natural thing in the world. It's a disgrace. Degrading to animals. I also find the continued existence of zoos to be questionable.
- 2011, Marian Mudder, De perfecte minnares, ch. 6:
- Het is een van de meest vervuilende industrieën in de breedste zin van het woord en bovenal mens- en dieronterend.
- It's one of the most polluting industries in the broadest sense of the word and above all degrading to people and to animals.
Inflection
Inflection of dieronterend | ||||
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uninflected | dieronterend | |||
inflected | dieronterende | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | dieronterend | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | dieronterende | ||
n. sing. | dieronterend | |||
plural | dieronterende | |||
definite | dieronterende | |||
partitive | dieronterends |
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