kwaad

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kwaad, from Middle Dutch quaet, from Old Dutch *kwāt, from Proto-West Germanic *kwād.

Pronunciation
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Adjective

kwaad (attributive kwaai, comparative kwaaier or kwater, superlative kwaadste)

  1. angry

Noun

kwaad (plural kwade)

  1. evil

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʋaːt/
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  • Hyphenation: kwaad
  • Rhymes: -aːt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch quâet, from Old Dutch *kwāt, from Proto-West Germanic *kwād.

Adjective

kwaad (comparative kwader, superlative kwaadst)

  1. angry, furious
  2. bad, evil, crooked
Inflection
Inflection of kwaad
uninflected kwaad
inflected kwade
comparative kwader
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial kwaadkwaderhet kwaadst
het kwaadste
indefinite m./f. sing. kwadekwaderekwaadste
n. sing. kwaadkwaderkwaadste
plural kwadekwaderekwaadste
definite kwadekwaderekwaadste
partitive kwaadskwaders—
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Descendants
  • Afrikaans: kwaad
  • Negerhollands: qwaet, quaat, qvaed
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: kwat (dated)
  • Petjo: kwaai-kwaai
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: quat, qua
  • → Sranan Tongo: kwai
    • → Kari'na: kawài

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch quâet, from Old Dutch *kwāt, from Proto-West Germanic *kwād.

Noun

kwaad n (plural kwaden)

  1. evil
    Maar verlos ons van het kwaad ― But deliver us from evil
  2. harm
    Het kwaad is geschied. ― The damage is done. (lit.: The evil has occurred.)
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