Spaans
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Afrikaans
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch Spaans, equivalent to Spanje + -s
Adjective
Spaans (attributive Spaanse, not comparable)
- Spanish (of, from, or pertaining to Spain, the Spanish people or the Spanish language)
Proper noun
Spaans
- Spanish (language)
- Synonym: Kastiliaans
Dutch
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch spaensch, equivalent to Spanje + -s.
Pronunciation
Adjective
Spaans (comparative Spaanser, superlative meest Spaans or Spaanst)
Declension
| Declension of Spaans | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | Spaans | |||
| inflected | Spaanse | |||
| comparative | Spaanser | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | Spaans | Spaanser | het Spaanst het Spaanste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | Spaanse | Spaansere | Spaanste |
| n. sing. | Spaans | Spaanser | Spaanste | |
| plural | Spaanse | Spaansere | Spaanste | |
| definite | Spaanse | Spaansere | Spaanste | |
| partitive | Spaans | Spaansers | — | |
Derived terms
Proper noun
Spaans n
- Spanish (language)
Related terms
Adverb
Spaans
Proper noun
Spaans
- a surname