netelig

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch netel (“malicious, angry”), from Old Dutch *nitul, from Proto-West Germanic *hnitul, from Proto-Germanic *hnitulaz +‎ -ig. Often superficially interpreted as deriving from netel (“nettle”), which may however be completely unrelated etymologically.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈneː.tə.ləx/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

netelig (comparative neteliger, superlative neteligst)

1. tricky, nettlesome

   een netelige kwestie ― a tricky issue

Declension

Declension of netelig
uninflected	netelig
inflected	netelige
comparative	neteliger
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		netelig	neteliger	het neteligst het neteligste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	netelige	neteligere	neteligste
	n. sing.	netelig	neteliger	neteligste
	plural	netelige	neteligere	neteligste
definite		netelige	neteligere	neteligste
partitive		neteligs	neteligers	—

References

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “netelig”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute