beleefd

== Dutch == === Etymology === From beleefd, in the older sense "to observe (a custom)". The word, itself a conjugation of beleven, thus originally meant "observing custom or protocol". === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈleːft/ Hyphenation: be‧leefd Rhymes: -eːft === Adjective === beleefd (comparative beleefder, superlative beleefdst) polite (well-mannered) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== gemanierd wellevend ==== Derived terms ==== beleefdheid onbeleefd ==== Descendants ==== Negerhollands: beleeft → Papiamentu: beleefd (dated) === Participle === beleefd past participle of beleven ==== Declension ====