plausibel

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French plausible.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plɑu̯ˈsi.bəl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ibəl

Adjective

plausibel (comparative plausibeler, superlative plausibelst)

  1. plausible
    Synonyms: aannemelijk, waarschijnlijk

Declension

Declension of plausibel
uninflected plausibel
inflected plausibele
comparative plausibeler
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial plausibel plausibeler het plausibelst
het plausibelste
indefinite m./f. sing. plausibele plausibelere plausibelste
n. sing. plausibel plausibeler plausibelste
plural plausibele plausibelere plausibelste
definite plausibele plausibelere plausibelste
partitive plausibels plausibelers

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “plausibel”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

German

Etymology

French plausible, from Latin plausibilis

Pronunciation

Adjective

plausibel (strong nominative masculine singular plausibler, comparative plausibler, superlative am plausibelsten)

  1. plausible (seemingly valid)
    Synonyms: einleuchtend, glaubhaft
    • 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 374:
      Wenn Sie mir sagten: Krankheit ist bisweilen eine Folge der Liederlichkeit, so wäre das plausibel
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Further reading

  • plausibel” in Duden online
  • plausibel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Swedish

Adjective

plausibel (comparative plausiblare, superlative plausiblast)

  1. plausible, seemingly valid

Declension

Inflection of plausibel
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular plausibel plausiblare plausiblast
neuter singular plausibelt plausiblare plausiblast
plural plausibla plausiblare plausiblast
masculine plural2 plausible plausiblare plausiblast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 plausible plausiblare plausiblaste
all plausibla plausiblare plausiblaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Further reading