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Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
Possibly from the circumfix ge- -te with the root of the verb wezen (in one of its old senses, "to inhabit").
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣəˈʋɛst/
- Hyphenation: ge‧west
- Rhymes: -ɛst
Noun
gewest n (plural gewesten, diminutive gewestje n)
- region
- one of the three regions constituting the equivalent of a state in the federal structure of Belgium
- an older term for provincie (“province”)
Derived terms
Descendants
German
Etymology
Franconian variant of gewesen, with weak ending -t replacing strong ending -en. Compare Luxembourgish gewiescht and Dutch geweest.
Participle
gewest
- (dialectal) past participle of sein - been
1812, Brothers Grimm, “Kinder- und Haus-Märchen”, in Von dem Mäuschen, Vögelchen und der Bratwurst., page 104:Das Vöglein anderes Tages wollte aus Anstiftung nicht mehr ins Holz, sprechend: es wäre lang genug Knecht gewest, und hätte gleichsam ihr Narr seyn müssen, sie sollten einmal umwechseln und es auf eine andere Weise auch versuchen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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