I often come across Dutch words ending with "-zinnig", which basically means that it has the quality of the first part. Not so difficult. One of the common ones is dolzinnig meaning crazy or insane. But I wondered just how many -zinnig Dutch words there are, and if you can pretty much add -zinnig to a lot of words and it might not be a real word but it would be understood. And I think that would be the case.
But I wondered also what are the most common -zinnig words. I found out that it is not easy on the Internet to search for parts of words. In many applications, you can use a wild card search such as *zinnig and get a list of matches. But Google and most search engines do not support such searches within words. But I did find one very useful search site that does, and it is a multi-language dictionary.
https://www.wordsense.eu/You can search with a dash, like -zinnig. So WordSense.eu provided five such Dutch words. It defines -zinnig as "endowed with the quality of the stem (used to form adjectives)".
I then did more searches and overall managed to find over 20 such words. Dutch learners may find them useful. Dutch natives might wish to comment or add some more common -zinnig words.
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diepzinnig profound, deep
dolzinnig crazy, mad, insane
dubbelzinnig ambiguous, uncertain
eigenzinnig quirky, stubborn
fijnzinnig delicate, subtle
geheimzinnig mysterious, secretive
kloekzinnig crazy, screwed-up, prodigious
krankzinnig insane, crazy, mad
kunstzinnig artistic, artful
lichtzinnig frivolous, rash, light-headed
loszinnig loose, lax
ondubbelzinnig unambiguous, unequivocally
onrechtzinnig unjust, irrevelent
onzinnig nonsensical, absurd, ridiculous, inept
rechtzinnig orthodox, upright, sincere, straightforward
scherpzinnig sharp, astute, smart, clever, astute
stijfzinnig stiff, rigid, starchy
stompzinnig stupid, idiotic
uitzinnig outrageous, frenzied, delirious, crazy
vrijzinnig free-spirited, liberal-minded, broad-minded
waanzinnig crazy, insane, amazing, mad
zachtzinnig gentle, softhearted, meek
zinnig sensible, useful, meaningful