ideaal
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Dutch
Etymology
From French idéal, from Medieval Latin ideālis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ideaal (comparative idealer, superlative ideaalst)
- ideal, perfect(ly fit); optimal
- immaterial, aetheral
- purely cerebral, imaginary in physical terms
Declension
| Declension of ideaal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | ideaal | |||
| inflected | ideale | |||
| comparative | idealer | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | ideaal | idealer | het ideaalst het ideaalste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | ideale | idealere | ideaalste |
| n. sing. | ideaal | idealer | ideaalste | |
| plural | ideale | idealere | ideaalste | |
| definite | ideale | idealere | ideaalste | |
| partitive | ideaals | idealers | — | |
Synonyms
- (perfect) volmaakt, optimaal
- (immaterial) immateriëel, bovenzinnelijk, onzinnelijk
- (imaginary) denkbeeldig, onwezenlijk
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Indonesian: ideal
Noun
ideaal n (plural idealen, diminutive ideaaltje n)
- an ideal, perfect standard (of beauty, intellect, etc.)
- something/someone which lives up to it, perfect example
- a utopic, unreal perfect aspiration, figment
- (algebra) an ideal
Synonyms
- (utopic figment) droombeeld, hersenschim