moderaat

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin moderātus.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˌmoː.dəˈraːt/
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  • Hyphenation: mo‧de‧raat
  • Rhymes: -aːt

Adjective[edit]

moderaat (comparative moderater, superlative moderaatst)

  1. moderate
    Synonym: gematigd
  2. (historical, politics) politically conservative, moderate (viewed as being in between liberals and reactionaries in the nineteenth century)

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of moderaat
uninflected moderaat
inflected moderate
comparative moderater
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial moderaat moderater het moderaatst
het moderaatste
indefinite m./f. sing. moderate moderatere moderaatste
n. sing. moderaat moderater moderaatste
plural moderate moderatere moderaatste
definite moderate moderatere moderaatste
partitive moderaats moderaters

Noun[edit]

moderaat m (plural moderaten)

  1. (historical) A political conservative, a moderate.
    Synonym: conservatief