goochem
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish חכם (khokhem), from Hebrew חָכָם (khakhám).
First attested in the year 1800.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxoː.xəm/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: goo‧chem
Adjective
goochem (comparative goochemer, superlative goochemst)
- (Netherlands, informal) smart, cunning, streetwise
Inflection
| Inflection of goochem | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | goochem | |||
| inflected | goocheme | |||
| comparative | goochemer | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | goochem | goochemer | het goochemst het goochemste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | goocheme | goochemere | goochemste |
| n. sing. | goochem | goochemer | goochemste | |
| plural | goocheme | goochemere | goochemste | |
| definite | goocheme | goochemere | goochemste | |
| partitive | goochems | goochemers | — | |
Derived terms
- bijgoochem
- goochemerd
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