nodig
See also: nödig
Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *naudigaz (compare English needy and German nötig). By surface analysis, nood + -ig.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnoːdəx/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: no‧dig
- Rhymes: -oːdəx
Adjective
nodig (comparative nodiger, superlative nodigst)
- necessary, needed
- Als de verkleving geen klachten geeft, is een operatie niet nodig.
- If the adhesion does not cause any symptoms, surgery is not necessary.
- (only when attributive and preceded by a definite article) inevitable
- De bomenkap leidde tot het nodige protest van de omwonenden.
- The tree cutting gave rise to the inevitable protest from local residents.
Inflection
| Inflection of nodig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | nodig | |||
| inflected | nodige | |||
| comparative | nodiger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | nodig | nodiger | het nodigst het nodigste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | nodige | nodigere | nodigste |
| n. sing. | nodig | nodiger | nodigste | |
| plural | nodige | nodigere | nodigste | |
| definite | nodige | nodigere | nodigste | |
| partitive | nodigs | nodigers | — | |
Derived terms
- benodigd
- broodnodig
- hoognodig
- onnodig
Adverb
nodig
- necessarily, badly, urgently
- Het wegdek hier moet nodig vernieuwd worden.
- The road here badly needs resurfacing.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: nodig
Anagrams
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