raak
See also: rääk
Dutch
Etymology
From raken.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /raːk/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: raak
- Rhymes: -aːk
Adjective
raak (comparative raker, superlative raakst)
- hitting; to the point
- Dat was een rake opmerking. — “That remark was right on the mark.”
- on target; scoring; counting
- De bal lag net op de doellijn, dus kan het niet raak zijn geweest.
- “The ball lay exactly on the goal line, so it can’t have been a goal.”
- (colloquial, used impersonally) pregnant
- Een kleine misselijkheid hoeft nog niet te zeggen dat het echt raak is.
- “A little nausea doesn’t have to mean that you’re really pregnant.”
Inflection
Inflection of raak | ||||
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uninflected | raak | |||
inflected | rake | |||
comparative | raker | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | raak | raker | het raakst het raakste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | rake | rakere | raakste |
n. sing. | raak | raker | raakste | |
plural | rake | rakere | raakste | |
definite | rake | rakere | raakste | |
partitive | raaks | rakers | — |
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