schoolziek

Dutch

Etymology

From school (“school”) +‎ ziek (“sick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsxoːlzik/

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• Rhymes: -ik

Adjective

schoolziek (comparative schoolzieker, superlative schoolziekst)

1. (colloquial) feigning illness (in order to avoid having to go to school)

   Je hebt helemaal geen griep, je bent gewoon schoolziek.

   You don't have a fever at all, you're just feigning illness.

Inflection

Inflection of schoolziek
uninflected	schoolziek
inflected	schoolzieke
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		schoolziek
indefinite	m./f. sing.	schoolzieke
	n. sing.	schoolziek
	plural	schoolzieke
definite		schoolzieke
partitive		schoolzieks

Derived terms

• schoolziekte