pretentieus

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Dutch

Etymology

From French prétentieux. By surface analysis, pretentie +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

pretentieus (comparative pretentieuzer, superlative meest pretentieus or pretentieust)

  1. pretentious

Declension

Declension of pretentieus
uninflected pretentieus
inflected pretentieuze
comparative pretentieuzer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial pretentieus pretentieuzer het pretentieust
het pretentieuste
indefinite m./f. sing. pretentieuze pretentieuzere pretentieuste
n. sing. pretentieus pretentieuzer pretentieuste
plural pretentieuze pretentieuzere pretentieuste
definite pretentieuze pretentieuzere pretentieuste
partitive pretentieus pretentieuzers