jenever

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word jenever. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word jenever, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say jenever in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word jenever you have here. The definition of the word jenever will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofjenever, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch jenever (“jenever”), from Old French genevre, from Vulgar Latin ziniperus, from Latin iūniperus (“juniper”).

Noun

jenever (countable and uncountable, plural jenevers)

  1. A Dutch and Flemish alcoholic spirit, flavoured with juniper, rather like gin.

Synonyms

Translations

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Dutch jenever, genever, geniver, from Old French genevre, from Vulgar Latin ziniperus, from Latin iūniperus (“juniper”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

Noun

jenever m (plural jenevers, diminutive jenevertje n)

  1. jenever
    • 1814, Elias Annes Borger, De vaderlander:
      Iö den dappren wever! / De vederbos knikt op zijn hoed; / Hij ademt wraak, heeft dorst naar bloed, / En lescht dien met jenever.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

Descendants

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia