Adjective: laf
Indefinite Forms
| masc. & fem. | laffe |
| neuter | laf |
Comparison Forms
| Positive | laffe |
| Comparative | laffere |
| Superlative | lafste |
Sample Sentences
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Maar de algemene regel is dat de man, "zwak of sterk", volgens Kuyper "Koning in zijn huis" is en dat "Een man die zijn vrouw in huis 'de baas laat spelen' laf en onmannelijk is.⁽ᵂᴾ⁾ (But the general rule is that the man, "weak or strong," according to Kuyper "is king of his house" and that "a man who lets his wife 'play the boss' is cowardly and unmanly.")
Adjectives inflected like laf
dof,
duf,
laf,
maf,
muf,
tof,
rof,
suf,
straf,
liflaf,
kortaf,
grif,
klef,
Etymology
From Middle Dutch laf, from Proto-Germanic *laba-, from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”). Cognate with German laff (“slack, insipid”). See: German Adjectives '
laff'.
Verbs referencing "laf"
German Adjectives
laff.
Translations