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Afrikaans
Alternative forms
- iits (obsolete)
Etymology
Pronunciation
Pronoun
iets
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch iet, a contraction of earlier iewet, from Old Dutch iowiht. This Old Dutch compound is formed from Old Dutch ie- 'anything' and a second constituent corresponding to Middle Dutch wicht 'being, creature', earlier meaning 'thing'. Cognate with Limburgish get, Central Franconian jet, English aught.
The suffix -s is taken from Old Dutch niets whose -s is an old partitive genitive ending.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
iets
- something
- Er zit iets in mijn schoen.
- There's something in my shoe.
- anything
- Anders nog iets? ― Anything else?
Antonyms
Derived terms
- ietsisme
- ietsist
- ietsje
Descendants
- Afrikaans: iets
Adverb
iets
Anagrams
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Latvian
Participle
- gone; indefinite past passive participle of iet
- ar mazo spēkstaciju atbalstu ir iets par tālu ― as for (lit. with) the support for small power plants (it) is gone too far
- atceries kādreiz takas, kas ietas ― remember sometime the paths that were gone (= gone by, traveled)
Declension
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