onwijs

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch onwijs (“unwise”). Equivalent to on- +‎ wijs. The sense of "incredible" became popular in youth-speak around 1980.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: on‧wijs

Adjective

onwijs (comparative onwijzer, superlative meest onwijs or onwijst)

  1. unwise
    Antonym: wijs
  2. incredible, astonishing
    Wat een onwijze prestatie! ― What an incredible performance!

Declension

Declension of onwijs
uninflected onwijs
inflected onwijze
comparative onwijzer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial onwijs onwijzer het onwijst
het onwijste
indefinite m./f. sing. onwijze onwijzere onwijste
n. sing. onwijs onwijzer onwijste
plural onwijze onwijzere onwijste
definite onwijze onwijzere onwijste
partitive onwijs onwijzers —

Adverb

onwijs

  1. very, really (used as an intensifier)
    Synonym: ontzettend
    onwijs gaaf ― very cool
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