"gaaf" meaning in Dutch

See gaaf in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɣaːf/ Audio: Nl-gaaf.ogg
Rhymes: -aːf Etymology: From Middle Dutch gāve, from Proto-Germanic *gēbiz, cognate with Old Norse gæfr (“comfortable”), Danish gæv. Derived from the verb *gebaną (“to give”). Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|gāve}} Middle Dutch gāve, {{der|nl|gem-pro|*gēbiz}} Proto-Germanic *gēbiz, {{cog|non|gæfr||comfortable}} Old Norse gæfr (“comfortable”), {{cog|da|gæv}} Danish gæv Head templates: {{nl-adj|gaver}} gaaf (comparative gaver, superlative gaafst) Inflection templates: {{nl-decl-adj|gave}} Forms: gaver [comparative], gaafst [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], gaaf [adverbial, positive, predicative], gaver [adverbial, comparative, predicative], het gaafst [adverbial, predicative, superlative], het gaafste [adverbial, predicative, superlative], gave [feminine, indefinite, masculine, positive, singular], gavere [comparative, feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular], gaafste [feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular, superlative], gaaf [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], gaver [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], gaafste [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], gave [indefinite, plural, positive], gavere [comparative, indefinite, plural], gaafste [indefinite, plural, superlative], gave [definite, positive], gavere [comparative, definite], gaafste [definite, superlative], gaafs [partitive, positive], gavers [comparative, partitive], - [partitive, superlative]
  1. whole, complete, not injured
    Sense id: en-gaaf-nl-adj-6C~M-SYy Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 0 0 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 82 9 9
  2. smooth
    Sense id: en-gaaf-nl-adj-wPF3nBbS
  3. (informal) cool, awesome Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-gaaf-nl-adj-v5IRziXc

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
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      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "word": "gaaf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "gāve"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch gāve",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*gēbiz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *gēbiz",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gæfr",
        "3": "",
        "4": "comfortable"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse gæfr (“comfortable”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gæv"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish gæv",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch gāve, from Proto-Germanic *gēbiz, cognate with Old Norse gæfr (“comfortable”), Danish gæv. Derived from the verb *gebaną (“to give”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gaver",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaafst",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nl-decl-adj",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaaf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "positive",
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaver",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "comparative",
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "het gaafst",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "predicative",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "het gaafste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "predicative",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gave",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gavere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaafste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaaf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaver",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaafste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gave",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gavere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaafste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gave",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gavere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaafste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaafs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gavers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "partitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gaver"
      },
      "expansion": "gaaf (comparative gaver, superlative gaafst)",
      "name": "nl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "gaaf"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "gave"
      },
      "name": "nl-decl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 100 0 0",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "whole, complete, not injured"
      ],
      "id": "en-gaaf-nl-adj-6C~M-SYy",
      "links": [
        [
          "whole",
          "whole"
        ],
        [
          "complete",
          "complete"
        ],
        [
          "injured",
          "injured"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "smooth"
      ],
      "id": "en-gaaf-nl-adj-wPF3nBbS",
      "links": [
        [
          "smooth",
          "smooth"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              33,
              37
            ]
          ],
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            [
              44,
              51
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The politician thinks the Netherlands is an awesome country.",
          "text": "De politicus vindt Nederland een gaaf land.",
          "translation": "The politician thinks the Netherlands is an awesome country.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cool, awesome"
      ],
      "id": "en-gaaf-nl-adj-v5IRziXc",
      "links": [
        [
          "cool",
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        ],
        [
          "awesome",
          "awesome"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) cool, awesome"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɣaːf/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-gaaf.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9d/Nl-gaaf.ogg/Nl-gaaf.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Nl-gaaf.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːf"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gaaf"
}
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    "Dutch adjectives with red links in their headword lines",
    "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
    "Dutch lemmas",
    "Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/aːf",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/aːf/1 syllable"
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      "word": "gaaf"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch gāve, from Proto-Germanic *gēbiz, cognate with Old Norse gæfr (“comfortable”), Danish gæv. Derived from the verb *gebaną (“to give”).",
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      "form": "gaver",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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      "form": "gaafst",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "positive",
        "singular"
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        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "neuter",
        "positive",
        "singular"
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      "form": "gaver",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gavere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaafste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "comparative",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaafs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "positive"
      ]
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "partitive"
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "superlative"
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    {
      "parts": [
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        "whole, complete, not injured"
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          "whole"
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          "complete",
          "complete"
        ],
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          "injured",
          "injured"
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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          "smooth"
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      ]
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        "Dutch terms with usage examples"
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              37
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              51
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          "english": "The politician thinks the Netherlands is an awesome country.",
          "text": "De politicus vindt Nederland een gaaf land.",
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      "glosses": [
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        "(informal) cool, awesome"
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    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːf"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gaaf"
}

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