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
  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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