besmuikt

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch smuyck, from Old Dutch smuyck. The prefix be- was added as phonetic contamination from the past participle of smuiken (“to be hidden or calm”). Compare also the related verbs smokkelen and smuiken, all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *smukkōną (“to slide, slip through”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈsmœy̯kt/
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  • Hyphenation: be‧smuikt
  • Rhymes: -œy̯kt

Adjective

besmuikt (comparative besmuikter, superlative besmuiktst)

  1. secret, secretive
    Synonyms: heimelijk, geniepig, achterbaks

Declension

Declension of besmuikt
uninflected besmuikt
inflected besmuikte
comparative besmuikter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial besmuikt besmuikter het besmuiktst
het besmuiktste
indefinite m./f. sing. besmuikte besmuiktere besmuiktste
n. sing. besmuikt besmuikter besmuiktste
plural besmuikte besmuiktere besmuiktste
definite besmuikte besmuiktere besmuiktste
partitive besmuikts besmuikters —

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