mateloos

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From maat (measure, size) +‎ -e- +‎ -loos (-less).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmaː.təˌloːs/
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  • Hyphenation: ma‧te‧loos

Adjective

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mateloos (comparative matelozer, superlative meest mateloos or mateloost)

  1. immoderate, excessive

Inflection

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Declension of mateloos
uninflected mateloos
inflected mateloze
comparative matelozer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial mateloos matelozer het mateloost
het matelooste
indefinite m./f. sing. mateloze matelozere matelooste
n. sing. mateloos matelozer matelooste
plural mateloze matelozere matelooste
definite mateloze matelozere matelooste
partitive mateloos matelozers

Adverb

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mateloos

  1. immoderately, excessively
  2. immensely, to no end