profaan

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French profane, from Latin profānus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /proːˈfaːn/
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  • Hyphenation: pro‧faan
  • Rhymes: -aːn

Adjective

profaan (comparative profaner, superlative profaanst)

  1. profane, secular, unconsecrated
  2. profane, sacrilegious

Inflection

Inflection of profaan
uninflected profaan
inflected profane
comparative profaner
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial profaanprofanerhet profaanst
het profaanste
indefinite m./f. sing. profaneprofanereprofaanste
n. sing. profaanprofanerprofaanste
plural profaneprofanereprofaanste
definite profaneprofanereprofaanste
partitive profaansprofaners

Derived terms

  • profaniteit
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