Borrowed from Latin intēnsus. Doublet of entès, which was inherited.
intens (feminine intensa, masculine plural intensos, feminine plural intenses)
intens (comparative intenser, superlative meest intens or intenst)
| Inflection of intens | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | intens | |||
| inflected | intense | |||
| comparative | intenser | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | intens | intenser | het intenst het intenste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | intense | intensere | intenste |
| n. sing. | intens | intenser | intenste | |
| plural | intense | intensere | intenste | |
| definite | intense | intensere | intenste | |
| partitive | intens | intensers | — | |
From Dutch intens, from French intense, from Middle French intense, from Latin intensus (“stretched tight”), past participle of intendere (“to stretch out”), from in (“in, upon, to”) + tendere (“to stretch”).
intèns
Borrowed from Italian intenso.
intens (feminine singular intensa, plural intensi)
From Latin intensus, via French intense or English intense.
intens (neuter singular intenst, definite singular and plural intense)
From Latin intensus, via French intense or English intense.
intens (neuter singular intenst, definite singular and plural intense)
Borrowed from French intense, Latin intensus. Doublet of întins, which was inherited.
intens m or n (feminine singular intensă, masculine plural intenși, feminine and neuter plural intense)
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | intens | intensă | intenși | intense | ||
| definite | intensul | intensa | intenșii | intensele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | intens | intense | intenși | intense | ||
| definite | intensului | intensei | intenșilor | intenselor | |||