vermetel
Dutch
Etymology
From Late Middle Dutch vermetel, from vermeten (“audacious, overconfident”) influenced by -el, originally a reflexive verb meaning “to overestimate oneself, to be overconfident, to mismeasure”, from ver- + meten, related to mate. Equivalent to ver- + meten with assimilation to -el.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌvɛrˈmeː.təl/, /ˌvərˈmeː.təl/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ver‧me‧tel
- Rhymes: -eːtəl
Inflection
| Inflection of vermetel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | vermetel | |||
| inflected | vermetele | |||
| comparative | vermeteler | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | vermetel | vermeteler | het vermetelst het vermetelste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | vermetele | vermetelere | vermetelste |
| n. sing. | vermetel | vermeteler | vermetelste | |
| plural | vermetele | vermetelere | vermetelste | |
| definite | vermetele | vermetelere | vermetelste | |
| partitive | vermetels | vermetelers | — | |
Synonyms
- (audacious): driest, onvervaard, stoutmoedig, vermeten
Derived terms
- vermetelheid
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