hardleers

== Dutch == === Alternative forms === hardleersch (obsolete) === Etymology === From hard (“hard”) +‎ leer (“theory, teachings”) +‎ -s (suffix forming adjectives from nouns). Compare words like goedlachs and ouderwets. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɦɑrtˈleːrs/ Hyphenation: hard‧leers Rhymes: -eːrs === Adjective === hardleers (comparative hardleerser, superlative meest hardleers or hardleerst) obdurate, stubbornly refusing to change or learn (archaic) having difficulties in learning ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “hardleers” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language] Matthias de Vries; Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864), “hardleers”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001