openbaar

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From open (“open”) +‎ baar (“bare”)[1]

Adjective

openbaar (comparative openbaarder, superlative openbaarst)

  1. public
  2. non-affiliated (e.g. neither Catholic, Protestant, nor socialist)
Declension
Declension of openbaar
uninflected openbaar
inflected openbare
comparative openbaarder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial openbaar openbaarder het openbaarst
het openbaarste
indefinite m./f. sing. openbare openbaardere openbaarste
n. sing. openbaar openbaarder openbaarste
plural openbare openbaardere openbaarste
definite openbare openbaardere openbaarste
partitive openbaars openbaarders —
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

openbaar

  1. inflection of openbaren:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “openbaar”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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