zwanger
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch swanger. Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *swangr (“heavy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzʋɑ.ŋər/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: zwan‧ger
- Rhymes: -ɑŋər
Adjective
zwanger (not comparable)
- pregnant
- Zij is zwanger van de behanger. ― She is pregnant from the wallpaperer.
Inflection
| Inflection of zwanger | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | zwanger | |||
| inflected | zwangere | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | zwanger | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | zwangere | ||
| n. sing. | zwanger | |||
| plural | zwangere | |||
| definite | zwangere | |||
| partitive | zwangers | |||
Synonyms
- (somewhat formal) in verwachting, in blijde verwachting
- (Suriname) in de verwachting
- (dated) in gezegende omstandigheden
- (of animals) drachtig
Derived terms
- bezwangeren
- ontzwangeren
- zwangerheid
- zwangerschap
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