populair

Populair is a Dutch adjective meaning "popular" or "well-liked." It describes people, products, ideas, or phenomena with broad appeal or broad acceptance. In everyday language you might say "een populaire film" or "de populaire artiesten."

Etymology: The term comes from French populaire (popular) and ultimately from Latin popularis ("of the people"), through Latin via Old French into Dutch. It shares cognates with several other Germanic languages and with Romance languages.

Grammar and usage: The adjective follows normal Dutch inflection: after definite determiners or in plural form, it takes an -e ending (de populaire films, de populaire artiesten). The comparative is typically "populairder" and the superlative "het populairste" (or the phrase "meer populair" as an alternative).

Contexts: Populair is used in media, marketing, politics, culture, and everyday speech to indicate broad appeal. It can describe trends, brands, performers, or events, for example "een populaire smaak" or "populaire vakantiebestemmingen."

See also and related terms: The noun form "populariteit" means popularity. Related concepts include "populaire cultuur" (popular culture) and the related verb "populariseren" (to popularize).