veilig

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch veilig, from Middle Dutch veilich, from Proto-Germanic *failijaz (“true, familiar, good”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

veilig (attributive veilige, comparative veiliger, superlative veiligste)

  1. safe

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch veilich, from Proto-West Germanic *failī (“true, familiar, good”). Note the conflation of the stem with *faliz (“venal”) in cognates Dutch veil (“venal”) and German feil (“venal”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

veilig (comparative veiliger, superlative veiligst)

  1. safe

Declension

Declension of veilig
uninflected veilig
inflected veilige
comparative veiliger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial veilig veiliger het veiligst
het veiligste
indefinite m./f. sing. veilige veiligere veiligste
n. sing. veilig veiliger veiligste
plural veilige veiligere veiligste
definite veilige veiligere veiligste
partitive veiligs veiligers —

Adverb

veilig

  1. safely

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