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10<br />

Adverbs<br />

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Hartstikke, although seldom ever written, is frequently used to qualify<br />

adjectives in colloquial Dutch, e.g. hartstikke leuk ‘very nice’, hartstikke<br />

duur ‘very expensive’, hartstikke stom ‘very stupid’.<br />

10.2.2<br />

The following adverbs are very commonly used to intensify adjectives and<br />

other adverbs:<br />

akelig4 awful(ly)<br />

vreselijk terrible(-y)<br />

verschrikkelijk frightful(ly)<br />

ontzaglijk awful(ly)<br />

ontiegelijk extremely (coll.)<br />

afschuwelijk4 horrible (-y)<br />

enorm enormously<br />

These adverbs must never be inflected when occurring before attributive<br />

adjectives:<br />

een ontzettend leuke jurk an awfully nice dress<br />

een verschrikkelijk lief kind a terribly nice child<br />

een afschuwelijk lelijk gezicht a horribly ugly face<br />

Ontiegelijk is seldom written and now seems to be waning in popularity,<br />

but the word enorm is very popular in speech (see also reuze, 9.7.2):<br />

een enorm duur gebouw a tremendously expensive building<br />

Ik heb enorm veel verkocht. I sold an enormous amount.<br />

10.2.3<br />

bijzonder especially (pronounced biezónder)<br />

buitengewoon exceptional(ly)<br />

4 Akelig and afschuwelijk can only be used in pejorative situations, e.g. akelig zoet<br />

‘sickly sweet’, afschuwelijk duur/lelijk ‘terribly expensive/ugly’; compare vreselijk<br />

leuk/lelijk ‘really nice/ugly’.

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