halfleeg
Dutch
Etymology
Univerbation of half (“half”) + leeg (“empty”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɦɑlfˈleːx/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: half‧leeg
- Rhymes: -eːx
Adjective
halfleeg (not comparable)
- half empty
- Synonyms: halfgevuld (“half-filled”), halfvol (“half full”)
- Het glas is halfleeg. ― The glass is half empty.
Declension
| Declension of halfleeg | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | halfleeg | |||
| inflected | halflege | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | halfleeg | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | halflege | ||
| n. sing. | halfleeg | |||
| plural | halflege | |||
| definite | halflege | |||
| partitive | halfleegs | |||