honds
Dutch
Alternative forms
- hondsch (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch hontsch. Equivalent to hond (“dog, hound”) + -s (denominative adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɦɔnts/
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Adjective
honds (comparative hondser, superlative meest honds or hondst)
- (literally) (rare) canine, relating to dogs
- (figuratively) (concerning humans) currish, doggish, doggy, notably:
Declension
| Declension of honds | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | honds | |||
| inflected | hondse | |||
| comparative | hondser | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | honds | hondser | het hondst het hondste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | hondse | hondsere | hondste |
| n. sing. | honds | hondser | hondste | |
| plural | hondse | hondsere | hondste | |
| definite | hondse | hondsere | hondste | |
| partitive | honds | hondsers | — | |
Derived terms
- hondsheid