Adjective: ontheemd
Indefinite Forms
| masc. & fem. | ontheemde |
| neuter | ontheemd |
Sample Sentences
Adjectives inflected like ontheemd
wintergroen,
bankbreukig,
Noordzeegermaans,
doordeweeks,
eukaryotisch,
favoriet,
schwul,
schier,
Siberisch,
proleptisch,
combinatorisch,
actinisch,
agrarisch,
vijfvoudig,
betoeterd,
hardgekookt,
ondergistend,
bebaard,
oorlogvoerend,
altijdgroen, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From ont- (“un-, de-”) + heem (“home”). Coined in 1944 as a translation of English displaced person. While it resembles a participle morphologically, it does not derive from the verb onthemen, which has in fact seen some (rare) usage but is itself a back-formation from this adjective.
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