genadeloos
Dutch
Alternative forms
- genadenloos (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch genadeloos. Equivalent to genade (“mercy”) + -loos (“-less”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣəˈnaː.dəˌloːs/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ge‧na‧de‧loos
Adjective
genadeloos (comparative genadelozer, superlative meest genadeloos or genadeloost)
- (of persons) merciless, ruthless; heartless
- De strenge leraar is genadeloos: een punt per fout
- The strict teacher is merciless: a point per error
- De strenge leraar is genadeloos: een punt per fout
- (of things) merciless, unforgiving, harsh
Inflection
| Inflection of genadeloos | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | genadeloos | |||
| inflected | genadeloze | |||
| comparative | genadelozer | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | genadeloos | genadelozer | het genadeloost het genadelooste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | genadeloze | genadelozere | genadelooste |
| n. sing. | genadeloos | genadelozer | genadelooste | |
| plural | genadeloze | genadelozere | genadelooste | |
| definite | genadeloze | genadelozere | genadelooste | |
| partitive | genadeloos | genadelozers | — | |
Synonyms
Antonyms
Related terms
- begenadigen (verb)
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