ranzig
Dutch
Alternative forms
- ransig
- ranstig (dialectal, Southern Dutch)
Etymology
Initially in the spelling ranstig, borrowed from Middle French rance + -ig, from Latin rancidus (“rancid”). The current spelling, attested since the late eighteenth century, may have been influenced from German ranzig, attested since the early eighteenth century, from Dutch ranstig, though this is disputed.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɑn.zəx/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ran‧zig
Adjective
ranzig (comparative ranziger, superlative ranzigst)
Declension
| Declension of ranzig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | ranzig | |||
| inflected | ranzige | |||
| comparative | ranziger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | ranzig | ranziger | het ranzigst het ranzigste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | ranzige | ranzigere | ranzigste |
| n. sing. | ranzig | ranziger | ranzigste | |
| plural | ranzige | ranzigere | ranzigste | |
| definite | ranzige | ranzigere | ranzigste | |
| partitive | ranzigs | ranzigers | — | |
Derived terms
- ranzigheid
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: rans
References
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “ranzig”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
ranzig (strong nominative masculine singular ranziger, comparative ranziger, superlative am ranzigsten)
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