duur – Dutch adjective declension

Dutch adjective forms of duur

Adjective: duur

Indefinite Forms

masc. & fem.dure
neuterduur

Comparison Forms

Positivedure
Comparativeduurdere
Superlativeduurste

Sample Sentences

  • De duurste Stradivarius is 'The Hammer' die in 2006 $3,5 miljoen opleverde. (The most expensive Stradivarius is 'The Hammer', which went for $3.5 million in 2006.)

Adjectives inflected like duur

prematuur, zoetzuur, onguur, duur, guur, puur, zuur,

Etymology

From Middle Dutch diere, dure, from Old Dutch diuri, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz. Doublet of dier.

Verbs referencing "duur"

German Adjectives teuer.

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