venster

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch venster, from Latin fenestra.

Pronunciation

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Noun

venster (plural vensters)

1. window

Descendants

• → Fanagalo: festel
• → Sotho: fenstere
• → Xhosa: ifestile
• → Zulu: ifasitela

Danish

Adjective

venster

1. Misspelling of venstre.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch venster, venstre, veinster, from Old Dutch fenstar, from Latin fenestra. The computing sense is a loan translation of English window.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛn.stər/

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• Hyphenation: ven‧ster
• Rhymes: -ɛnstər

Noun

venster n (plural vensters, diminutive venstertje n)

1. window
2. (computing) window

Synonyms

• raam

Derived terms

• vensterbank
• vensterglas
• vensterruit

Descendants

• Afrikaans: venster
  • → Fanagalo: festel
  • → Sotho: fenstere
  • → Xhosa: ifestile
  • → Zulu: ifasitela
• Berbice Creole Dutch: fensre
• Jersey Dutch: väänster, fäängster
• Negerhollands: fenter, venstu, venster
• Sranan Tongo: fensre
  • Aukan: fensee
  • Saramaccan: fensë
  • → Caribbean Javanese: fénsré
  • → Kari'na: fensere
• → Lokono: penster

Anagrams

• sterven, streven, venters

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• fenster

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German fenstar, from Latin fenestra (“window”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈvens̠tər/, /ˈfens̠tər/

Noun

venster n

1. window

Declension

Declension of venster (feminine, class 1 strong)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	daȥ	venster	diu	venster
genitive	eines	dës	vensters, vensteres	dër	venster, venstere
dative	eime	dëm	venster, venstere	dën	venstern, vensteren
accusative	ein	daȥ	venster	diu	venster

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Pfeister, Pfäischter, Feister, Fäischter, Pfenster

  Swabian: Fenschdr, Feaschter

• Bavarian:

  Cimbrian: béestar

• Central Franconian:

  Hunsrik: Fenster

  Luxembourgish: Fënster

• East Central German:

  Erzgebirgisch: Fansder

  Upper Saxon German: Fensdor

  Vilamovian: faonster

• East Franconian:
• German: Fenster
  • → English: fenster
  • → North Frisian: Fenster
• Rhine Franconian:

  Frankfurterisch: [fenz̥d̥æ̆]

  Palatine German: Fenschder

  Pennsylvania German: Fenschder

• Yiddish: פֿענצטער (fentster)