geldelijk
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch geldelijc. Equivalent to geld -e- -lijk.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editgeldelijk (not comparable)
- monetary, usually consisting of or in the form of money
- Er was nog geen geldelijke steun toegezegd.
- No monetary support has been promised yet.
Usage notes
edit- Geldelijk is chiefly used to refer to money in a concrete or direct context, as in e.g. een geldelijke bijdrage (“a contribution in the form of money”). In contemporary Dutch it is rarely used in abstract contexts such as “monetary policy” (monetair beleid or geldbeleid instead).
Declension
editDeclension of geldelijk | ||||
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uninflected | geldelijk | |||
inflected | geldelijke | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | geldelijk | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | geldelijke | ||
n. sing. | geldelijk | |||
plural | geldelijke | |||
definite | geldelijke | |||
partitive | geldelijks |