"slaafs" meaning in Dutch

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Adjective

IPA: /slaːfs/ Audio: Nl-slaafs.ogg
Rhymes: -aːfs Etymology: From slaaf + -s. Etymology templates: {{suf|nl|slaaf|s}} slaaf + -s Head templates: {{nl-adj|slaafser}} slaafs (comparative slaafser, superlative meest slaafs or slaafst) Inflection templates: {{nl-decl-adj|slaafse}} Forms: slaafser [comparative], meest slaafs [superlative], slaafst [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], slaafs [adverbial, positive, predicative], slaafser [adverbial, comparative, predicative], het slaafst [adverbial, predicative, superlative], het slaafste [adverbial, predicative, superlative], slaafse [feminine, indefinite, masculine, positive, singular], slaafsere [comparative, feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular], slaafste [feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular, superlative], slaafs [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], slaafser [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], slaafste [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], slaafse [indefinite, plural, positive], slaafsere [comparative, indefinite, plural], slaafste [indefinite, plural, superlative], slaafse [definite, positive], slaafsere [comparative, definite], slaafste [definite, superlative], slaafs [partitive, positive], slaafsers [comparative, partitive], - [partitive, superlative], slaafsch [alternative, obsolete]
  1. slavish, obsequious, subservient
    Sense id: en-slaafs-nl-adj-kANkBsSO
  2. slavish, unthinking, uncritically following orders or examples
    Sense id: en-slaafs-nl-adj-MnkWTYhM Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch terms suffixed with -s, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 5 75 20 Disambiguation of Dutch terms suffixed with -s: 0 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 89 11
  3. (uncommon) pertaining to slaves or slavery Tags: uncommon
    Sense id: en-slaafs-nl-adj-2Y8Oo8gg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: slaafsheid

Alternative forms

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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "superlative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "slaafsch",
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