argeloos

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German arglos. Equivalent to contemporary erg (bad, evil) + -loos (less). First attested in the late 18th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑr.ɣəˌloːs/
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  • Hyphenation: ar‧ge‧loos

Adjective

argeloos (comparative argelozer, superlative meest argeloos or argeloost)

  1. unsuspecting

Inflection

Inflection of argeloos
uninflected argeloos
inflected argeloze
comparative argelozer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial argeloosargelozerhet argeloost
het argelooste
indefinite m./f. sing. argelozeargelozereargelooste
n. sing. argeloosargelozerargelooste
plural argelozeargelozereargelooste
definite argelozeargelozereargelooste
partitive argeloosargelozers

Derived terms

  • argeloosheid

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: argeloos
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