From Middle Dutch netel (“malicious, angry”), from Old Dutch *nitul, from Proto-West Germanic *hnitul, from Proto-Germanic *hnitulaz + -ig. Possibly influenced in meaning by Dutch netel (“nettle”).
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netelig (comparative neteliger, superlative neteligst)
Declension of netelig | ||||
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uninflected | netelig | |||
inflected | netelige | |||
comparative | neteliger | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | netelig | neteliger | het neteligst het neteligste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | netelige | neteligere | neteligste |
n. sing. | netelig | neteliger | neteligste | |
plural | netelige | neteligere | neteligste | |
definite | netelige | neteligere | neteligste | |
partitive | neteligs | neteligers | — |