quaet

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *kwāt, from Proto-West Germanic *kwād.

Adjective

quâet

2. evil
3. bad
4. wrong
5. criminal
6. angry
7. bad, of low quality
8. sick, ill

Inflection

Adjective

		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	indefinite	qu​âet	qu​âte	qu​âet	qu​âte
	definite	qu​âte		qu​âte
accusative	indefinite	qu​âten	qu​âte	qu​âet	qu​âte
	definite			qu​âte
genitive	indefinite	qu​âets	qu​âter	qu​âets	qu​âter
	definite	qu​âets, qu​âten		qu​âets, qu​âten
dative		qu​âten	qu​âter	qu​âten	qu​âten

Descendants

• Dutch: kwaad
  • Afrikaans: kwaad
• Limburgish: kwaod

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *kwāt, from Proto-West Germanic *kwād.

Noun

quâet n

2. evil
3. badness
4. misfortune, disaster
5. disease

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: kwaad
  • Afrikaans: kwaad
• Limburgish: kwaod

Further reading

• “quaet (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “quaet (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “quaet (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “quaet (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II