Describing People

📌 Grammaticanotitie

Adjective used to describe personality. Can take the ending -e before nouns.

📌 Grammaticanotitie

Adjective describing character. Becomes 'strenge' before a noun.

📌 Grammaticanotitie

Opposite of 'zelfverzekerd' (confident).

📌 Grammaticanotitie

Common adjective for describing a difficult personality.

📌 Grammaticanotitie

Derived from the noun 'geduld' (patience).

📌 Grammaticanotitie

Used to describe body build.

📌 Grammaticanotitie

Irregular plural/comparative forms do not apply here, but note the stem change: kalen.

📌 Grammaticanotitie

Feminine/common noun taking 'de'.

📌 Grammaticanotitie

Common gender noun.

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Common gender noun.

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Neuter noun taking 'het'.

📌 Grammaticanotitie

Neuter noun derived from the adjective.

📌 Grammaticanotitie

Note spelling: 'stijl' means straight (hair/lines), 'steil' means steep (hills).

📌 Grammaticanotitie

Participle used as an adjective.

📌 Grammaticanotitie

Quintessential Dutch word describing a warm, pleasant personality or atmosphere.

📌 Grammaticanotitie

Can describe both a calm person and a quiet environment.

📌 Grammaticanotitie

When describing people, it often means restless or hyperactive.

📌 Grammaticanotitie

Opposite of 'oneerlijk' (dishonest).

📌 Grammaticanotitie

Strong verb: lachen - lachte - gelachen.

📌 Grammaticanotitie

Often used with 'op' (leken op).

📌 Grammaticanotitie

Used for height when describing people in Dutch ('lang' is also common for tall).

📌 Grammaticanotitie

Common adjective for intelligence.

📌 Grammaticanotitie

Very common word for expressing affection or gentle behavior.

📌 Grammaticanotitie

Compound noun formed from kop + pijn.

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Compound noun: grap (joke) + jas (coat/guy informally).