stipt
Dutch
Etymology
From an earlier adjectival use of stip (“point, dot”) (compare French ponctuel, ultimately from Latin punctus (“point”)). The -t is a secondary extension of unclear origin, perhaps by analogy with strikt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stɪpt/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɪpt
Adjective
stipt (comparative stipter, superlative stiptst)
Declension
| Declension of stipt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | stipt | |||
| inflected | stipte | |||
| comparative | stipter | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | stipt | stipter | het stiptst het stiptste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | stipte | stiptere | stiptste |
| n. sing. | stipt | stipter | stiptste | |
| plural | stipte | stiptere | stiptste | |
| definite | stipte | stiptere | stiptste | |
| partitive | stipts | stipters | — | |
Derived terms
References
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “stipt”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute