From Middle Dutch duchtich, from Old Dutch *duhtig, from Proto-West Germanic *duhtīg. Equivalent to modern deugen (“to be virtuous”) + -ig. Originally an adjective, but chiefly used as an adverb in modern Dutch.
Cognate with German tüchtig (“efficient, capable, hard, competent, big”), English doughty, Danish dygtig (“virtuous, proficient”).
duchtig
duchtig (comparative duchtiger, superlative duchtigst)
| Declension of duchtig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | duchtig | |||
| inflected | duchtige | |||
| comparative | duchtiger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | duchtig | duchtiger | het duchtigst het duchtigste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | duchtige | duchtigere | duchtigste |
| n. sing. | duchtig | duchtiger | duchtigste | |
| plural | duchtige | duchtigere | duchtigste | |
| definite | duchtige | duchtigere | duchtigste | |
| partitive | duchtigs | duchtigers | — | |