kies
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
kies (plural kieste)
From Middle Dutch kiese (late), borrowed from Old Frisian kēse, from Proto-West Germanic *kūsiju. Displaced older kuis, from Middle Dutch *cuse, from the same Proto-West Germanic source.
kies m (plural kiezen, diminutive kiesje n)
Unclear. Possibly borrowed from Middle English chis, from Old English ċīs, itself of unclear origin.
kies (comparative kiezer, superlative meest kies or kiest)
Declension of kies | ||||
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uninflected | kies | |||
inflected | kieze | |||
comparative | kiezer | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | kies | kiezer | het kiest het kieste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | kieze | kiezere | kieste |
n. sing. | kies | kiezer | kieste | |
plural | kieze | kiezere | kieste | |
definite | kieze | kiezere | kieste | |
partitive | kies | kiezers | — |
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
kies
From ki- (“interrogative and relative correlative prefix”) + -es (“correlative suffix of genitives”).
kies (interrogative and relative correlative of genitives, plural kies, accusative singular kies, accusative plural kies)
Like other interrogative and relative correlatives, kies can be combined with ajn, the adverbial particle of generality. Kies ajn thus means whosever.
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Interrogative | Demonstrative | Indefinite | Universal | Negative | |
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ki- | ti- | i- | ĉi- | neni- | ||
Kind of, sort of | -a | kia | tia | ia | ĉia | nenia |
Reason | -al | kial | tial | ial | ĉial | nenial |
Time | -am | kiam | tiam | iam | ĉiam | neniam |
Place | -e | kie | tie | ie | ĉie | nenie |
Motion | -en | kien | tien | ien | ĉien | nenien |
Manner | -el | kiel | tiel | iel | ĉiel | neniel |
Possessive | -es | kies | ties | ies | ĉies | nenies |
Demonstrative pronoun | -o | kio | tio | io | ĉio | nenio |
Amount | -om | kiom | tiom | iom | ĉiom | neniom |
Demonstrative determiner | -u | kiu | tiu | iu | ĉiu | neniu |
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