tegenwoordig

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Dutch

Etymology

From tegen (against) +‎ worden (to become) +‎ -ig (-y).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

tegenwoordig (not comparable)

  1. present (in time), current
  2. (archaic) physically present

Declension

Declension of tegenwoordig
uninflected tegenwoordig
inflected tegenwoordige
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial tegenwoordig
indefinite m./f. sing. tegenwoordige
n. sing. tegenwoordig
plural tegenwoordige
definite tegenwoordige
partitive tegenwoordigs

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: tegenwoordig

Adverb

tegenwoordig

  1. nowadays, presently

Synonyms