Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Dutch broosc.
Adjective
[edit]broos (comparative brozer, superlative meest broos or broost)
- (literally) brittle, crisp, physically fragile with a tendency to break into small pieces
- (figuratively) fragile, perishable, vulnerable, weak, e.g. said of short-lived beauty
Declension
[edit]| Declension of broos | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | broos | |||
| inflected | broze | |||
| comparative | brozer | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | broos | brozer | het broost het brooste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | broze | brozere | brooste |
| n. sing. | broos | brozer | brooste | |
| plural | broze | brozere | brooste | |
| definite | broze | brozere | brooste | |
| partitive | broos | brozers | — | |
Alternative forms
[edit]- bros (only used in the literal, physical sense)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]broos f (plural brozen, diminutive broosje n)
Synonyms
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