vief

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French vif.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vif/
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  • Hyphenation: vief
  • Rhymes: -if

Adjective

vief (comparative viever, superlative viefst)

  1. energetic, lively, active

Declension

Declension of vief
uninflected vief
inflected vieve
comparative viever
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial vief viever het viefst
het viefste
indefinite m./f. sing. vieve vievere viefste
n. sing. vief viever viefste
plural vieve vievere viefste
definite vieve vievere viefste
partitive viefs vievers

Derived terms

  • viefheid

Dutch Low Saxon

Alternative forms

  • vuuf
  • vyv (New Saxon Spelling)

Etymology

Ultimately cognate to English five, Dutch vijf.

Numeral

vief

  1. five (5)