ingewikkeld

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Dutch

Etymology

From inwikkelen. The adjectival sense “complicated” may be a calque, cf. German verwickelt and Latin complicō.

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ˌɪn.ɣəˈʋɪ.kəlt/
  • Hyphenation: in‧ge‧wik‧keld
  • Rhymes: -ɪkəlt

Adjective

ingewikkeld (comparative ingewikkelder, superlative ingewikkeldst)

  1. complicated
    Synonyms: complex, gecompliceerd
    Antonym: eenvoudig
    Ken je de mop van de mummie? Ingewikkeld, hè? (well-known joke about the meaning “wrapped in”)
    Do you know the joke about the mummy? It's complicated, isn't it?
Declension
Declension of ingewikkeld
uninflected ingewikkeld
inflected ingewikkelde
comparative ingewikkelder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial ingewikkeld ingewikkelder het ingewikkeldst
het ingewikkeldste
indefinite m./f. sing. ingewikkelde ingewikkeldere ingewikkeldste
n. sing. ingewikkeld ingewikkelder ingewikkeldste
plural ingewikkelde ingewikkeldere ingewikkeldste
definite ingewikkelde ingewikkeldere ingewikkeldste
partitive ingewikkelds ingewikkelders
Derived terms
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Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪn.ɣəˌʋɪ.kəlt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: in‧ge‧wik‧keld

Participle

ingewikkeld

  1. past participle of inwikkelen
Declension
Declension of ingewikkeld
uninflected ingewikkeld
inflected ingewikkelde
positive
predicative/adverbial ingewikkeld
indefinite m./f. sing. ingewikkelde
n. sing. ingewikkeld
plural ingewikkelde
definite ingewikkelde
partitive ingewikkelds