halsbrekend

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Dutch

Etymology

Compound of hals (neck) +‎ brekend (breaking, injuring).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦɑlsˌbreː.kənt/
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  • Hyphenation: hals‧bre‧kend

Adjective

halsbrekend (comparative halsbrekender, superlative halsbrekendst)

  1. breakneck, not unlikely to incur serious bodily injury
  2. physically daring
  3. acrobatic

Declension

Declension of halsbrekend
uninflected halsbrekend
inflected halsbrekende
comparative halsbrekender
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial halsbrekend halsbrekender het halsbrekendst
het halsbrekendste
indefinite m./f. sing. halsbrekende halsbrekendere halsbrekendste
n. sing. halsbrekend halsbrekender halsbrekendste
plural halsbrekende halsbrekendere halsbrekendste
definite halsbrekende halsbrekendere halsbrekendste
partitive halsbrekends halsbrekenders