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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch naectheit. Equivalent to naakt (“naked”) + -heid (“-ness, -ity”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnaːktɦɛi̯t/
- Hyphenation: naakt‧heid
Noun
naaktheid f (plural naaktheden)
- the naked state or nude condition, nudity
- 1916, Martinus Nijhoff, "Polonaise" (1st, unrevised edition).
En als mijn hand je gele naaktheid streelt, / Wring 'k een vertrokken glimlach als de knaap / Die met zijn moeders doode lichaam speelt.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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