"eenzaam" meaning in Dutch

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈeːn.zaːm/ Audio: Nl-eenzaam.ogg
Etymology: From Middle Dutch eensaem, from German einsam. Equivalent to een + -zaam. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|eensaem}} Middle Dutch eensaem, {{der|nl|de|einsam}} German einsam, {{suffix|nl|een|zaam}} een + -zaam Head templates: {{nl-adj|eenzamer}} eenzaam (comparative eenzamer, superlative eenzaamst) Inflection templates: {{nl-decl-adj|eenzame}} Forms: eenzamer [comparative], eenzaamst [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], eenzaam [adverbial, positive, predicative], eenzamer [adverbial, comparative, predicative], het eenzaamst [adverbial, predicative, superlative], het eenzaamste [adverbial, predicative, superlative], eenzame [feminine, indefinite, masculine, positive, singular], eenzamere [comparative, feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular], eenzaamste [feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular, superlative], eenzaam [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], eenzamer [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], eenzaamste [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], eenzame [indefinite, plural, positive], eenzamere [comparative, indefinite, plural], eenzaamste [indefinite, plural, superlative], eenzame [definite, positive], eenzamere [comparative, definite], eenzaamste [definite, superlative], eenzaams [partitive, positive], eenzamers [comparative, partitive], - [partitive, superlative]
  1. lonely, lonesome Synonyms: alleen Derived forms: eenzaamheid, vereenzamen

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "word": "eensaam"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Negerhollands",
      "lang_code": "dcr",
      "word": "eensaam"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "eensaem"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch eensaem",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "einsam"
      },
      "expansion": "German einsam",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "een",
        "3": "zaam"
      },
      "expansion": "een + -zaam",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch eensaem, from German einsam. Equivalent to een + -zaam.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eenzamer",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eenzaamst",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nl-decl-adj",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eenzaam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "positive",
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eenzamer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "comparative",
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "het eenzaamst",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "predicative",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "het eenzaamste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "predicative",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eenzame",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eenzamere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eenzaamste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eenzaam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eenzamer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eenzaamste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eenzame",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eenzamere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eenzaamste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eenzame",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eenzamere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eenzaamste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eenzaams",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eenzamers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "partitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eenzamer"
      },
      "expansion": "eenzaam (comparative eenzamer, superlative eenzaamst)",
      "name": "nl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "een",
        "zaam"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eenzame"
      },
      "name": "nl-decl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch terms suffixed with -zaam",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nl",
          "name": "One",
          "orig": "nl:One",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "eenzaamheid"
        },
        {
          "word": "vereenzamen"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "He feels lonely since his best friend moved away.",
          "text": "Hij voelt zich eenzaam sinds zijn beste vriend is verhuisd.",
          "translation": "He feels lonely since his best friend moved away.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              37,
              44
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              33,
              41
            ]
          ],
          "english": "After her divorce, she felt very lonesome and isolated.",
          "text": "Na haar scheiding voelde ze zich erg eenzaam en geïsoleerd.",
          "translation": "After her divorce, she felt very lonesome and isolated.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              46,
              54
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              45,
              54
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The old house at the edge of the woods had a lonesomer feeling than expected.",
          "text": "Het oude huis aan de rand van het bos had een eenzamer gevoel dan verwacht.",
          "translation": "The old house at the edge of the woods had a lonesomer feeling than expected.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              51,
              60
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              44,
              53
            ]
          ],
          "english": "On the way to the remote cabin, he felt the loneliest he had ever felt.",
          "text": "Onderweg naar de afgelegen hut voelde hij zich het eenzaamst dat hij ooit had gevoeld.",
          "translation": "On the way to the remote cabin, he felt the loneliest he had ever felt.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lonely, lonesome"
      ],
      "id": "en-eenzaam-nl-adj-ePfERwTn",
      "links": [
        [
          "lonely",
          "lonely"
        ],
        [
          "lonesome",
          "lonesome"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "alleen"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeːn.zaːm/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-eenzaam.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/56/Nl-eenzaam.ogg/Nl-eenzaam.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Nl-eenzaam.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eenzaam"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "eenzaamheid"
    },
    {
      "word": "vereenzamen"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "word": "eensaam"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Negerhollands",
      "lang_code": "dcr",
      "word": "eensaam"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "eensaem"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch eensaem",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "einsam"
      },
      "expansion": "German einsam",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "een",
        "3": "zaam"
      },
      "expansion": "een + -zaam",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch eensaem, from German einsam. Equivalent to een + -zaam.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eenzamer",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eenzaamst",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nl-decl-adj",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eenzaam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "positive",
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eenzamer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "comparative",
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "het eenzaamst",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "predicative",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "het eenzaamste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "predicative",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eenzame",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eenzamere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eenzaamste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eenzaam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eenzamer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eenzaamste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eenzame",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eenzamere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eenzaamste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eenzame",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eenzamere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eenzaamste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eenzaams",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eenzamers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "partitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eenzamer"
      },
      "expansion": "eenzaam (comparative eenzamer, superlative eenzaamst)",
      "name": "nl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "een",
        "zaam"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eenzame"
      },
      "name": "nl-decl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch adjectives",
        "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
        "Dutch lemmas",
        "Dutch terms derived from German",
        "Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch",
        "Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
        "Dutch terms suffixed with -zaam",
        "Dutch terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "nl:One"
      ],
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        {
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            [
              15,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "He feels lonely since his best friend moved away.",
          "text": "Hij voelt zich eenzaam sinds zijn beste vriend is verhuisd.",
          "translation": "He feels lonely since his best friend moved away.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              37,
              44
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              33,
              41
            ]
          ],
          "english": "After her divorce, she felt very lonesome and isolated.",
          "text": "Na haar scheiding voelde ze zich erg eenzaam en geïsoleerd.",
          "translation": "After her divorce, she felt very lonesome and isolated.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              46,
              54
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              45,
              54
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The old house at the edge of the woods had a lonesomer feeling than expected.",
          "text": "Het oude huis aan de rand van het bos had een eenzamer gevoel dan verwacht.",
          "translation": "The old house at the edge of the woods had a lonesomer feeling than expected.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              51,
              60
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              44,
              53
            ]
          ],
          "english": "On the way to the remote cabin, he felt the loneliest he had ever felt.",
          "text": "Onderweg naar de afgelegen hut voelde hij zich het eenzaamst dat hij ooit had gevoeld.",
          "translation": "On the way to the remote cabin, he felt the loneliest he had ever felt.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lonely, lonesome"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lonely",
          "lonely"
        ],
        [
          "lonesome",
          "lonesome"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeːn.zaːm/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-eenzaam.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/56/Nl-eenzaam.ogg/Nl-eenzaam.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Nl-eenzaam.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "alleen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eenzaam"
}

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