nuchter

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin nocturnus. Cognate with German nüchtern.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ʏxtər

Adjective

nuchter (comparative nuchterder, superlative nuchterst)

  1. (of the stomach) empty
  2. (of a person) having neither eaten nor drunk anything
  3. (now most often) sober, not drunk
    Synonym: sober
  4. (figurative) prosaic, matter of fact
  5. (of an animal) newborn

Inflection

Inflection of nuchter
uninflected nuchter
inflected nuchtere
comparative nuchterder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial nuchternuchterderhet nuchterst
het nuchterste
indefinite m./f. sing. nuchterenuchterderenuchterste
n. sing. nuchternuchterdernuchterste
plural nuchterenuchterderenuchterste
definite nuchterenuchterderenuchterste
partitive nuchtersnuchterders

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: nuchtern

Adverb

nuchter

  1. matter-of-factly
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