zucht

See also: Zucht

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zʏxt/

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• Hyphenation: zucht
• Rhymes: -ʏxt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch sucht, socht, from Old Dutch *suft (“sigh, sip”), from Proto-West Germanic *sūftu.

Noun

zucht m (plural zuchten, diminutive zuchtje n)

1. sigh

Derived terms

• in een vloek en een zucht

 

Related terms

• zuchten

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sug
• Negerhollands: sucht

Interjection

zucht

1. sigh

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sug

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch suchte, from Old Dutch suhti, suhte (also sufte which is a hypercorrection), from Proto-West Germanic *suhti, from Proto-Germanic *suhtiz.

Cognate to German Sucht and Old Norse sótt. Related to ziek.

Noun

zucht f (plural zuchten, diminutive zuchtje n)

1. longing, desire
2. a pathological desire or craving
3. (usually used in compounds) a disease, sickness

Derived terms

pathological desire

• bemoeizucht
• bloedzucht
• drankzucht
• eerzucht
• hebzucht
• ijverzucht
• vernielzucht
• wraakzucht

 

disease

• blauwzucht
• bleekzucht
• geelzucht
• netelzucht
• parelzucht
• trommelzucht
• vetzucht
• waterzucht

 

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

zucht

1. inflection of zuchten:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative