Adjective: netelig
Indefinite Forms
| masc. & fem. | netelige |
| neuter | netelig |
Comparison Forms
| Positive | netelige |
| Comparative | neteligere |
| Superlative | neteligste |
Sample Sentences
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een netelige kwestie (a tricky issue)
Adjectives inflected like netelig
bestendig,
stichtelijk,
meelijwekkend,
seniel,
sappig,
schuin,
scherp,
schalk,
glasachtig,
diepgravend,
sjofel,
ongelijkmatig,
energiebesparend,
smeuïg,
smerig,
slecht,
solied,
soepel,
simpel,
dienstig, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch netel (“malicious, angry”), from Old Dutch *nitul, from Proto-West Germanic *hnitul, from Proto-Germanic *hnitulaz + -ig. Often superficially interpreted as deriving from netel (“nettle”), which may however be completely unrelated etymologically.
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