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Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
Ca. 1600, from obsolete bet weten (“to know better”) + -er, thus “better-knower”, one who always knows it better. Bet was the adverbial form of beter (“better”). Compare German Besserwisser.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɛtˌʋeː.tər/
- Hyphenation: bet‧we‧ter
Noun
betweter m (plural betweters, diminutive betwetertje n)
- know-it-all
- Synonym: weetal
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