nodig

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See also: nödig

Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *naudigaz (compare English needy and German nötig). By surface analysis, nood +‎ -ig.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnoːdəx/
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  • Hyphenation: no‧dig
  • Rhymes: -oːdəx

Adjective

nodig (comparative nodiger, superlative nodigst)

  1. necessary, needed
    Als de verkleving geen klachten geeft, is een operatie niet nodig.
    If the adhesion does not cause any symptoms, surgery is not necessary.
  2. (only when attributive and preceded by a definite article) inevitable
    De bomenkap leidde tot het nodige protest van de omwonenden.
    The tree cutting gave rise to the inevitable protest from local residents.

Declension

Declension of nodig
uninflected nodig
inflected nodige
comparative nodiger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial nodig nodiger het nodigst
het nodigste
indefinite m./f. sing. nodige nodigere nodigste
n. sing. nodig nodiger nodigste
plural nodige nodigere nodigste
definite nodige nodigere nodigste
partitive nodigs nodigers —

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Descendants

  • Negerhollands: noodig, nodi
  • → Papiamentu: nodo (Aruba)

Adverb

nodig

  1. necessarily, badly, urgently
    Het wegdek hier moet nodig vernieuwd worden.
    The road here badly needs resurfacing.

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