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{
"etymology_links": [
[
"happen",
"happen#Dutch"
],
[
"-ig",
"-ig#Dutch"
],
[
"happig",
"happig#German"
]
],
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"2": "happen",
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"t1": "to take a bite"
},
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"name": "af"
},
{
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"2": "happig"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From happen (“to take a bite”) + -ig. First used by Jacob Cats in the first half of the 17th century. Likely formed independently of 18th century German happig.",
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{
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"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
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]
},
{
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"positive",
"predicative"
]
},
{
"form": "happiger",
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"adverbial",
"comparative",
"predicative"
]
},
{
"form": "het happigst",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"adverbial",
"predicative",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "het happigste",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"adverbial",
"predicative",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "happige",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"positive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "happigere",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "happigste",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"singular",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "happig",
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"indefinite",
"neuter",
"positive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "happiger",
"source": "declension",
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"comparative",
"indefinite",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "happigste",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"neuter",
"singular",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "happige",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "happigere",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "happigste",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "happige",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "happigere",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"definite"
]
},
{
"form": "happigste",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "happigs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "happigers",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"partitive"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "happig (comparative happiger, superlative happigst)",
"name": "nl-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"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 -ig",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "10 35 45 10 1",
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
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}
],
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{
"word": "happigheid"
}
],
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{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
20,
26
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
12,
16
]
],
"english": "I am not so keen on that.",
"text": "Ik ben daar niet zo happig op.",
"translation": "I am not so keen on that.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
60,
66
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
64,
69
]
],
"english": "We hoped to find more clients, but people proved to not be very eager.",
"text": "We hoopten meer klanten te vinden, maar men bleek niet heel happig.",
"translation": "We hoped to find more clients, but people proved to not be very eager.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"eager, keen"
],
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[
"eager",
"eager"
],
[
"keen",
"keen"
]
],
"wikipedia": [
"Jacob Cats"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈɦɑ.pəx/"
},
{
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},
{
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}
],
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}
{
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{
"word": "happigheid"
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],
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[
"happen",
"happen#Dutch"
],
[
"-ig",
"-ig#Dutch"
],
[
"happig",
"happig#German"
]
],
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{
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"1": "nl",
"2": "happen",
"3": "-ig",
"t1": "to take a bite"
},
"expansion": "happen (“to take a bite”) + -ig",
"name": "af"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "happig"
},
"expansion": "German happig",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From happen (“to take a bite”) + -ig. First used by Jacob Cats in the first half of the 17th century. Likely formed independently of 18th century German happig.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "happiger",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "happigst",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "nl-decl-adj",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "happig",
"source": "declension",
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"adverbial",
"positive",
"predicative"
]
},
{
"form": "happiger",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"adverbial",
"comparative",
"predicative"
]
},
{
"form": "het happigst",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"adverbial",
"predicative",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "het happigste",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"adverbial",
"predicative",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "happige",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"positive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "happigere",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "happigste",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"singular",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "happig",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"neuter",
"positive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "happiger",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"indefinite",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "happigste",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"neuter",
"singular",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "happige",
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"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "happigere",
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"tags": [
"comparative",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "happigste",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "happige",
"source": "declension",
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"definite",
"positive"
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},
{
"form": "happigere",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"definite"
]
},
{
"form": "happigste",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "happigs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "happigers",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"partitive"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
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"args": {},
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"name": "nl-adj"
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"name": "nl-decl-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
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"Dutch adjectives with red links in their headword lines",
"Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
"Dutch lemmas",
"Dutch terms suffixed with -ig",
"Dutch terms with usage examples",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Dutch/ɑpəx",
"Rhymes:Dutch/ɑpəx/2 syllables"
],
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{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
20,
26
]
],
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[
12,
16
]
],
"english": "I am not so keen on that.",
"text": "Ik ben daar niet zo happig op.",
"translation": "I am not so keen on that.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
60,
66
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
64,
69
]
],
"english": "We hoped to find more clients, but people proved to not be very eager.",
"text": "We hoopten meer klanten te vinden, maar men bleek niet heel happig.",
"translation": "We hoped to find more clients, but people proved to not be very eager.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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],
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[
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],
[
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]
],
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]
}
],
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},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑpəx"
}
],
"word": "happig"
}
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