zorgwekkend
Dutch
Etymology
Compound of zorg (“concern, worry”) + wekkend (“raising, rousing, causing to arise”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌzɔrxˈʋɛ.kənt/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: zorg‧wek‧kend
Adjective
zorgwekkend (comparative zorgwekkender, superlative zorgwekkendst)
- alarming, worrying
- Synonyms: zorgbarend, verontrustend, zorgelijk
Declension
| Declension of zorgwekkend | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | zorgwekkend | |||
| inflected | zorgwekkende | |||
| comparative | zorgwekkender | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | zorgwekkend | zorgwekkender | het zorgwekkendst het zorgwekkendste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | zorgwekkende | zorgwekkendere | zorgwekkendste |
| n. sing. | zorgwekkend | zorgwekkender | zorgwekkendste | |
| plural | zorgwekkende | zorgwekkendere | zorgwekkendste | |
| definite | zorgwekkende | zorgwekkendere | zorgwekkendste | |
| partitive | zorgwekkends | zorgwekkenders | — | |
Derived terms
- zorgwekkendheid