hoedanig

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word hoedanig. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word hoedanig, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say hoedanig in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word hoedanig you have here. The definition of the word hoedanig will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofhoedanig, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hoedanich, from hoedaan + -ich. Equivalent to hoe + gedaan + -ig. Compare dusdanig, zodanig, and welkdanig.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦuˌdaːnəx/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: hoe‧da‧nig

Pronoun

hoedanig

  1. (interrogative) how, what like
    • 1899 October 12, “Een „Katholiek" aan het woord”, in De Maasbode, Rotterdam:
      Wij vragen niet, of het anti-papisme van een Bronsveld en van een Quast onze regeering tot handelen noopte, maar wij vragen, hoedanig het karakter is van de wetten, die door onze regeering werden gemaakt.
      We are no asking whether the anti-papism of a Bronsveld and a Quast forced our government to act, but we ask, what is the nature of the laws, which were made by our government.
    • 1899 November 8, “Kinderliteratuur.”, in De Maasbode, Rotterdam:
      Maar hoe vonden wij ons bedrogen, toen de schrijfster het op zich nam, ons te zeggen, hoedanig eigenlijk het karakter moet wezen onzer kinderliteratuur.
      But how we felt we had been deceived when the author took it upon herself to tell us what the character of our children's literature should actually be like.

Determiner

hoedanig

  1. (interrogative) what kind of
    • 1923 December 11, “De tale Kanaäns”, in De Sumatra post, Medan, page 12:
      Hoedanige dingen", zeide hij „hoedanige dingen heb ik van u moeten hooren, Annétje! Dat gij alzóó uwen ouders en uwen leeraar verdriet kondet aandoen! [] "
      What kind of things," he said, „what kind of things I had to hear from you, Annetje! That you could cause such grief to your parents and your teacher! "
  2. (relative) which kind of
    • 1923 June 13, “TWEEDE KAMER.”, in De Maasbode, Rotterdam:
      Wat de „nazorg" betreft, deze wordt verkregen door de voorwaarden, gesteld bij een voorwaardelijk ontslag, hoedanig ontslag wel steeds aan een definitieve beëindiging vooraf zal gaan.
      As far as "aftercare" is concerned, this is obtained by the conditions set for a conditional dismissal, which kind of dismissal will always precede a permanent termination.

Declension

Declension of hoedanig
uninflected hoedanig
inflected hoedanige
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial hoedanig
indefinite m./f. sing. hoedanige
n. sing. hoedanig
plural hoedanige
definite hoedanige
partitive

Derived terms