Geweldig

great, fantastic, terrifc, tremendous [adverb/adjective] [ge-wel-dig] Iconspeaker_3

"Geweldig!" is better than good, it means "great!", "terrific!" or "fastastic". Synonyms are "fantastisch" and "super". Don’t confuse it with "geweld" which means "violence" or "force".

Examples:
- "Vond je het leuk?" – "Ja, ik heb geweldig genoten van de voorstelling!" 
("Did you enjoy it?" -"Yes, I really enjoyed the performance/I thought it was a fantastic performance.")

- "Heb je die baan gekregen die je zo graag wilde? Wat geweldig!" 
("Did you get that job that you wanted so badly? That’s fantastic!")

- "Lieverd, je bent geweldig!" 
("Honey, you’re great!")

- "Ik heb vorig jaar een fantastische rondreis gemaakt door China; het was echt een geweldige ervaring!" 
("I made a terrific journey through China last year; it really was a fantastic experience!")

- "Zijn nieuwste film is een geweldig succes!" 
("His latest film is a tremendous success!")

- "Hij heeft me geweldig geholpen met mijn verhuizing naar Amsterdam." 
("He’s been an enormous help when I moved to Amsterdam.")

Related words:
- Gaaf: awesome, brilliant [adverb/adjective].
- Geweld: violence, force [noun] [het geweld, <no plural>].

Example:
- "De politie gebruikte geweld tegen de krakers."
("The police used violence against the squatters.")

- Tof: great, fabulous [adverb/adjective].
- Fantastisch: fantastic, great, terrific [adverb/adjective].
- Super: super, fantastic [adverb/adjective]. Geweldig_2

Extra:
The picture is taken from the website ikbengeweldig.nl ("I am great.nl"), a site promoting volunteering for young people. The text says: "you are great!" The site also has a test to measure how great you are ;-)

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