ouders

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯.dərs/
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Etymology 1

From ouder (age) +‎ -s.

Adjective

ouders (comparative ouderser, superlative meest ouders or ouderst)

  1. (obsolete in most dialects) Synonym of bejaard (elderly)
Declension
Declension of ouders
uninflected ouders
inflected ouderse
comparative ouderser
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial ouders ouderser het ouderst
het ouderste
indefinite m./f. sing. ouderse oudersere ouderste
n. sing. ouders ouderser ouderste
plural ouderse oudersere ouderste
definite ouderse oudersere ouderste
partitive ouders oudersers
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ouders

  1. plural of ouder