From French flexible, from Latin flexibilis, from flectere (to bend); cognate with German flexibel, but not recorded in Middle Dutch.
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flexibel (comparative flexibeler, superlative flexibelst)
Inflection of flexibel | ||||
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uninflected | flexibel | |||
inflected | flexibele | |||
comparative | flexibeler | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | flexibel | flexibeler | het flexibelst het flexibelste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | flexibele | flexibelere | flexibelste |
n. sing. | flexibel | flexibeler | flexibelste | |
plural | flexibele | flexibelere | flexibelste | |
definite | flexibele | flexibelere | flexibelste | |
partitive | flexibels | flexibelers | — |
From Latin flexibilis, from flectere (“to bend”).
flexibel (strong nominative masculine singular flexibler, comparative flexibler, superlative am flexibelsten)
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flexibel (comparative flexiblare, superlative flexiblast)
Inflection of flexibel | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | flexibel | flexiblare | flexiblast |
Neuter singular | flexibelt | flexiblare | flexiblast |
Plural | flexibla | flexiblare | flexiblast |
Masculine plural3 | flexible | flexiblare | flexiblast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | flexible | flexiblare | flexiblaste |
All | flexibla | flexiblare | flexiblaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |