moderaat

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin moderātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmoː.dəˈraːt/

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• Hyphenation: mo‧de‧raat
• Rhymes: -aːt

Adjective

moderaat (comparative moderater, superlative moderaatst)

1. moderate

   Synonym: gematigd

2. (historical, politics) politically conservative, moderate (viewed as being in between liberals and reactionaries in the nineteenth century)

Declension

Declension of moderaat
uninflected	moderaat
inflected	moderate
comparative	moderater
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		moderaat	moderater	het moderaatst het moderaatste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	moderate	moderatere	moderaatste
	n. sing.	moderaat	moderater	moderaatste
	plural	moderate	moderatere	moderaatste
definite		moderate	moderatere	moderaatste
partitive		moderaats	moderaters	—

Descendants

• → Indonesian: moderat

Noun

moderaat m (plural moderaten, no diminutive)

1. (historical) a political conservative, a moderate

   Synonym: conservatief