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penibel

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Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French pénible.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌpeːˈni.bəl/
  • Hyphenation: pe‧ni‧bel
  • Rhymes: -ibəl

Adjective

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penibel

  1. precarious, dangerous
  2. painstaking, difficult
  3. (dated) painful, unpleasant

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French pénible.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌpeːˈni.bəl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: pe‧ni‧bel
  • Rhymes: -ibəl

Adjective

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penibel (comparative penibeler, superlative penibelst)

  1. precarious, dangerous
  2. painstaking, difficult
  3. (dated) painful, unpleasant

Declension

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Declension of penibel
uninflected penibel
inflected penibele
comparative penibeler
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial penibel penibeler het penibelst
het penibelste
indefinite m./f. sing. penibele penibelere penibelste
n. sing. penibel penibeler penibelste
plural penibele penibelere penibelste
definite penibele penibelere penibelste
partitive penibels penibelers

German

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Etymology

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From French pénible.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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penibel (strong nominative masculine singular penibler, comparative penibler, superlative am penibelsten)

  1. meticulous

Declension

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Further reading

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  • penibel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • penibel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French pénible.

Adjective

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penibel (not comparable)

  1. awkward, troublesome
    en penibel situation
    an awkward situation

Declension

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Inflection of penibel
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular penibel peniblare peniblast
neuter singular penibelt peniblare peniblast
plural penibla peniblare peniblast
masculine plural2 penible peniblare peniblast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 penible peniblare peniblaste
all penibla peniblare peniblaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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