Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From zelf- + stand + -ig, calque of German selbstständig. First attested in the late sixteenth century. Compare also English selfstanding.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]zelfstandig (comparative zelfstandiger, superlative zelfstandigst)
- independent, autonomous, sovereign
- Synonym: onafhankelijk
- self-employed
- self-reliant, self-supporting
Declension
[edit]| Declension of zelfstandig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | zelfstandig | |||
| inflected | zelfstandige | |||
| comparative | zelfstandiger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | zelfstandig | zelfstandiger | het zelfstandigst het zelfstandigste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | zelfstandige | zelfstandigere | zelfstandigste |
| n. sing. | zelfstandig | zelfstandiger | zelfstandigste | |
| plural | zelfstandige | zelfstandigere | zelfstandigste | |
| definite | zelfstandige | zelfstandigere | zelfstandigste | |
| partitive | zelfstandigs | zelfstandigers | — | |