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Afrikaans

Pronunciation

Verb

wiet

  1. (Cape Afrikaans) alternative form of weet

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German wīt, from Old High German (*)wīd, northern variant of wīt.

Pronunciation

Adjective

wiet (masculine wijje or wiede, feminine wie or wiet, comparative wijjer or wieder, superlative et wietste)

  1. (westernmost and northernmost Ripuarian) far; wide; distant

Usage notes

  • The forms with loss of -d- are western (around Aachen), the others are northern (around Düsseldorf).
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Dutch

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Etymology

Borrowed from English weed (“marijuana”), from Middle English weed, from Old English wēod (“weed”), from Proto-West Germanic *weud. Doublet of wied (“unwanted plant”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋit/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: wiet
  • Rhymes: -it
  • Homophones: wied, wiedt

Noun

wiet m (uncountable)

  1. weed, marijuana
    Synonyms: cannabis, hasj, marihuana, hennep

Derived terms

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Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian hwīt, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīt. Cognates include German weiß and West Frisian wyt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vit/
  • Hyphenation: wiet
  • Rhymes: -it

Adjective

wiet (masculine wieten, feminine, plural or definite wiete, comparative wieter, superlative wietst)

  1. white

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015), “wiet”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian wēt, from Proto-West Germanic *wāt.

Pronunciation

Adjective

wiet

  1. wet

Inflection

More information Inflection of, uninflected ...

Further reading

  • “wiet (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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