werkelijk

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch werkelijc. Equivalent to werk +‎ -e- +‎ -lijk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɛr.kə.lək/
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  • Hyphenation: wer‧ke‧lijk
  • Rhymes: -ɛrkələk

Adjective

werkelijk (not comparable)

  1. real, actual

Declension

Declension of werkelijk
uninflected werkelijk
inflected werkelijke
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial werkelijk
indefinite m./f. sing. werkelijke
n. sing. werkelijk
plural werkelijke
definite werkelijke
partitive werkelijks

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Caribbean Javanese: wèrkeleg

Adverb

werkelijk

  1. really, truly