groots
Afrikaans
Adjective
groots
- Partitive form of groot
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch grootsc. By surface analysis, groot + -s. Cognate with West Frisian grutsk.
Adjective
groots (comparative grootser, superlative meest groots or grootst)
Declension
| Declension of groots | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | groots | |||
| inflected | grootse | |||
| comparative | grootser | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | groots | grootser | het grootst het grootste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | grootse | grootsere | grootste |
| n. sing. | groots | grootser | grootste | |
| plural | grootse | grootsere | grootste | |
| definite | grootse | grootsere | grootste | |
| partitive | groots | grootsers | — | |
Alternative forms
- (obsolete) grootsch
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
groots