Indisch

See also: indisch

Dutch

Etymology

From Indië +‎ -isch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.dis/

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• Hyphenation: In‧disch

Adjective

Indisch (comparative Indischer, superlative meest Indisch)

1. (Netherlands) Pertaining to the East Indies, especially the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia).
2. (Belgium) Indian; pertaining to India.

   Synonym: Indiaas

Usage notes

In the Netherlands, when speaking of people from the Dutch East Indies, Indisch technically refers to all people somehow related to the former colony (including totoks, Chinese Indonesians and so on), but it is mostly used for and by Indo-Europeans or Indo's. That is why for example Moluccan people in the Netherlands typically do not use Indisch to describe themselves.

Inflection

Inflection of Indisch
uninflected	Indisch
inflected	Indische
comparative	Indischer
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		Indisch	Indischer	het meest Indisch het meest Indische
indefinite	m./f. sing.	Indische	Indischere	meest Indische
	n. sing.	Indisch	Indischer	meest Indische
	plural	Indische	Indischere	meest Indische
definite		Indische	Indischere	meest Indische
partitive		Indisch	Indischers	—

Derived terms

• Indische gans
• Indische kievit
• Indische neushoorn
• Indische Oceaan
• Indische schaarbek
• Indische slangenhalsvogel
• Indische vos
• Nederlands-Indisch

 

Related terms

• India
• Indiaans
• Indiaas

 

See also

• Indonesisch

Proper noun

Indisch n (uncountable)

1. (linguistics) Indic; the Indo-Aryan language family

   Synonym: Indo-Arisch

Derived terms

• Oudindisch

German

Proper noun

Indisch n (proper noun, language name, genitive Indisch or Indischs, alternative nominative (used with the definite article) Indische, alternative genitive Indischen, no plural)

1. (informal) any Indian language