Dutch word wanhopig comes from Dutch -ig, Dutch wan-, Dutch hoop
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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-ig | Dutch (nld) | -ed, having (when attached to a noun preceded by an adjective that describes the noun). -y; forms adjectives from nouns. |
wan- | Dutch (nld) | Preceding nouns, verbs and adjectives with the sense ‘bad, un-’. |
hoop | Dutch (nld) | A hope, aspiration, wish (figuratively) A lot, heaps. A pile of manure, faeces. A pile, heap, stack. |
wanhopig | Dutch (nld) | Hopeless, desperate. |