kuis

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kœy̯s/
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  • Hyphenation: kuis
  • Rhymes: -œy̯s

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch cuusch (“chaste”), from Latin conscius (“conscious”), a compound of com- (“together”) + scire (“to know”). Cognate with English conscious, German keusch.

Adjective

kuis (comparative kuiser, superlative meest kuis or kuist)

  1. chaste, morally pure, clean, virgin
    Synonym: zedig
    Antonyms: onkuis, onzedig
Declension
Declension of kuis
uninflected kuis
inflected kuise
comparative kuiser
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial kuis kuiser het kuist
het kuiste
indefinite m./f. sing. kuise kuisere kuiste
n. sing. kuis kuiser kuiste
plural kuise kuisere kuiste
definite kuise kuisere kuiste
partitive kuis kuisers —
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: kuis

Noun

kuis m (uncountable)

  1. (Belgium) a cleansing, cleaning(-up)

Etymology 2

Related to koe. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

kuis f (plural kuizen, diminutive kuisje n)

  1. (regional) a (bovine) calf, notably under 9 months old
    Synonym: kuiskalf
  2. (regional) a pig
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Cf. German Low German Küsel. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

kuis m (plural kuizen, diminutive kuisje n)

  1. a (playing) marble
    Synonym: knikker

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kuis

  1. inflection of kuisen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Etymology 5

From Middle Dutch cuse, related to Middle Low German kuse.

Noun

kuis f (plural kuizen, diminutive kuisje n)

  1. club, knobstick
    Synonyms: kolf, knots
Derived terms
  • kuizen (“to beat to death with a hammer”)

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French cuisse (“thigh”).

Pronunciation

Noun

kuis

  1. thigh

Indonesian

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Etymology

From English quiz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ku‧is

Noun

kuis (first-person possessive kuisku, second-person possessive kuismu, third-person possessive kuisnya)

  1. quiz
    1. a competition in the answering of questions.
    2. (education) a school examination of less importance, or of greater brevity, than others given in the same course.

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