bruikbaar in Dutch

IPA: /ˈbrœy̯k.baːr/ Audio: Nl-bruikbaar.ogg

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Etymology: From bruiken (“to make use of”) + -baar (“-able”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|nl|bruiken|baar|gloss1=to make use of|gloss2=-able}} bruiken (“to make use of”) + -baar (“-able”) Head templates: {{nl-adj}} bruikbaar (comparative bruikbaarder, superlative bruikbaarst) Inflection templates: {{nl-decl-adj|bruikbare}} Forms: bruikbaarder [comparative], bruikbaarst [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], bruikbaar [adverbial, positive, predicative], bruikbaarder [adverbial, comparative, predicative], het bruikbaarst [adverbial, predicative, superlative], het bruikbaarste [adverbial, predicative, superlative], bruikbare [feminine, indefinite, masculine, positive, singular], bruikbaardere [comparative, feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular], bruikbaarste [feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular, superlative], bruikbaar [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], bruikbaarder [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], bruikbaarste [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], bruikbare [indefinite, plural, positive], bruikbaardere [comparative, indefinite, plural], bruikbaarste [indefinite, plural, superlative], bruikbare [definite, positive], bruikbaardere [comparative, definite], bruikbaarste [definite, superlative], bruikbaars [partitive, positive], bruikbaarders [comparative, partitive], - [partitive, superlative]

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    },
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    {
      "word": "onbruikbaar"
    },
    {
      "word": "nutteloos"
    }
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"bruikbaar" meaning in Dutch

Adjective