halfhartig

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Dutch

Etymology

From half (“half”) +‎ hart (“heart”) +‎ -ig.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

halfhartig (comparative halfhartiger, superlative halfhartigst)

  1. without much conviction or effort; halfhearted
    Hij deed een halfhartige poging om te stoppen met roken.
    He made a halfhearted attempt to stop smoking.

Declension

Declension of halfhartig
uninflected halfhartig
inflected halfhartige
comparative halfhartiger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial halfhartig halfhartiger het halfhartigst
het halfhartigste
indefinite m./f. sing. halfhartige halfhartigere halfhartigste
n. sing. halfhartig halfhartiger halfhartigste
plural halfhartige halfhartigere halfhartigste
definite halfhartige halfhartigere halfhartigste
partitive halfhartigs halfhartigers —

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