Zeeuw

Dutch

Etymology

Backformation from Zeeuws (“Zealandic”) by analogy with pairs of the sort of Italiaans (“Italian”, adjective), Italiaan (“Italian”, noun). Zeeuws is equivalent to zee (“sea”) + -s (“-ish”) with retention of the -w- in Proto-Germanic *saiwiz (“sea”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zeːu̯/

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• Hyphenation: Zeeuw
• Rhymes: -eːu̯

Noun

Zeeuw m (plural Zeeuwen, diminutive Zeeuwtje n)

1. A Zeelander, a person from Zeeland, the Netherlands.

Related terms

• Zeeuws