mooi (attributive mooie, comparative mooier, superlative mooiste)
From Middle Dutch mooy, moy, from Old Dutch mōi (“beautiful, trim, neat”, attested in nicknames), further origin uncertain; possibly from Proto-West Germanic *mauwī (“clean, washed”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *mawjaz, *maujaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mewH- (“to wet, wash”). Further etymology unknown. Cognate with West Frisian moai (“beautiful”), Middle Low German môi, môie (whence German Low German mooi (“beautiful”)).
mooi (comparative mooier, superlative mooist)
| Inflection of mooi | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | mooi | |||
| inflected | mooie | |||
| comparative | mooier | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | mooi | mooier | het mooist het mooiste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | mooie | mooiere | mooiste |
| n. sing. | mooi | mooier | mooiste | |
| plural | mooie | mooiere | mooiste | |
| definite | mooie | mooiere | mooiste | |
| partitive | moois | mooiers | — | |