"ondankbaar" meaning in Dutch

See ondankbaar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: Nl-ondankbaar.ogg
Etymology: From on- (“un-”) + dankbaar (“thankful, grateful”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|nl|on|dankbaar|gloss1=un-|gloss2=thankful, grateful}} on- (“un-”) + dankbaar (“thankful, grateful”) Head templates: {{nl-adj}} ondankbaar (comparative ondankbaarder, superlative ondankbaarst) Inflection templates: {{nl-decl-adj|ondankbare}} Forms: ondankbaarder [comparative], ondankbaarst [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], ondankbaar [adverbial, positive, predicative], ondankbaarder [adverbial, comparative, predicative], het ondankbaarst [adverbial, predicative, superlative], het ondankbaarste [adverbial, predicative, superlative], ondankbare [feminine, indefinite, masculine, positive, singular], ondankbaardere [comparative, feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular], ondankbaarste [feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular, superlative], ondankbaar [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], ondankbaarder [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], ondankbaarste [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], ondankbare [indefinite, plural, positive], ondankbaardere [comparative, indefinite, plural], ondankbaarste [indefinite, plural, superlative], ondankbare [definite, positive], ondankbaardere [comparative, definite], ondankbaarste [definite, superlative], ondankbaars [partitive, positive], ondankbaarders [comparative, partitive], - [partitive, superlative]
  1. ungrateful, showing no gratitude
    Sense id: en-ondankbaar-nl-adj-Zv-sTBy1 Categories (other): Dutch terms prefixed with on- Disambiguation of Dutch terms prefixed with on-: 48 52
  2. thankless, yielding (little or) no thanks or reward; unproductive Synonyms (yielding little): dankloos
    Sense id: en-ondankbaar-nl-adj-97t3tmbq Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch terms prefixed with on-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of Dutch terms prefixed with on-: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of 'yielding little': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: onbevredigend [adjective], ondank [masculine], ondankbaarheid, danken [verb] 
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