stevig

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch stēvich. Either from:

  • stijf (“stiff”) +‎ -ig (“-y”)
  • staf (“stick”) +‎ -ig (“-y”)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

stevig (comparative steviger, superlative stevigst)

  1. firm, sturdy
  2. sizeable, considerable
    een stevige wandeling door de binnenstad maken
    to take a good long walk through the inner city

Declension

Declension of stevig
uninflected stevig
inflected stevige
comparative steviger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial stevig steviger het stevigst
het stevigste
indefinite m./f. sing. stevige stevigere stevigste
n. sing. stevig steviger stevigste
plural stevige stevigere stevigste
definite stevige stevigere stevigste
partitive stevigs stevigers —

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Sranan Tongo: steifi
    • → Caribbean Javanese: stéfi

Adverb

stevig

  1. firmly

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