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Dutch
Etymology
Compound of dood (“dead”) + ziek (“sick”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /doːtˈsik/
- Hyphenation: dood‧ziek
Adjective
doodziek (comparative doodzieker, superlative doodziekst)
- (literally) terminally ill
- Synonyms: doodkrank, ongeneeslijk, terminaal
- very sick, as sick as a dog
- (figuratively) in a very bad state or condition; especially, beyond help or nearly so
- Synonyms: beroerd, ziekelijk
Die partij is doodziek, bij de volgende verkiezingen houdt ze wellicht geen zetels meer over.- That party is terminal, after the next election it probably has no seats left.
Declension