nieuw
Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Dutch niewe, from Old Dutch niuwi, from Proto-West Germanic *niwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwyos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /niu̯/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: nieuw
Adjective
nieuw (comparative nieuwer, superlative nieuwst)
- new
- Volgende week komt het nieuwe album uit. ― The new album will be released next week.
- Het nieuwe huis dat zij hebben gekocht, is niet heel indrukwekkend. ― The new house they bought is not very impressive.
Declension
| Inflection of nieuw | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | nieuw | |||
| inflected | nieuwe | |||
| comparative | nieuwer | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | nieuw | nieuwer | het nieuwst het nieuwste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | nieuwe | nieuwere | nieuwste |
| n. sing. | nieuw | nieuwer | nieuwste | |
| plural | nieuwe | nieuwere | nieuwste | |
| definite | nieuwe | nieuwere | nieuwste | |
| partitive | nieuws | nieuwers | — | |
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