zeker

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch seker, from Old Dutch *sikur, from Proto-Germanic *sikuraz (“free, secure”), borrowed from Latin securus. See there for further cognates.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzeː.kər/
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  • Hyphenation: ze‧ker
  • Rhymes: -eːkər

Adjective

zeker (comparative zekerder, superlative zekerst)

  1. certain, sure
  2. confident, secure
  3. confirmed

Inflection
Inflection of zeker
uninflected zeker
inflected zekere
comparative zekerder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial zekerzekerderhet zekerst
het zekerste
indefinite m./f. sing. zekerezekerderezekerste
n. sing. zekerzekerderzekerste
plural zekerezekerderezekerste
definite zekerezekerderezekerste
partitive zekerszekerders—

Adverb

zeker

  1. certainly, surely
  2. particularly, even more unambiguously
    In noordelijk Europa, zeker in Nederland, eet men het avondeten vroeger dan in het zuiden.
    In northern Europe, particularly in the Netherlands, people have supper earlier than in the south.

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