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zweet

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch sweet, swet, from Old Dutch *sweit, *swēt, from Proto-Germanic *swait-, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd-, *sweyd-. Compare German Schweiß, West Frisian swit, English sweat, Danish sved.

Noun

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zweet n (uncountable)

  1. sweat
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: sweet
  • Negerhollands: sweet

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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zweet

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

Anagrams

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Luxembourgish

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Luxembourgish ordinal numbers
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    Cardinal : zwee
    Ordinal : zweet

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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zweet (masculine zweeten, neuter zweet, not comparable)

  1. second
    • 2013, Christiane de Bricasart, Wann d'Rous sech verstoppt fir ze kräischen, →ISBN:
      Beim zweeten Ulaf ass meng Stir nach eng Kéier um Bord vum Dësch gelant.
      On the second attempt, my forehead once again landed on the edge of the table.