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Middle Dutch
Etymology 1
From Old Dutch *kwāt, from Proto-West Germanic *kwād.
Adjective
quâet
- evil
- bad
- wrong
- criminal
- angry
- bad, of low quality
- sick, ill
Inflection
Adjective
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Masculine
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Feminine
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Neuter
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Plural
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Nominative
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Indefinite
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quâet
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quâte
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quâet
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quâte
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Definite
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quâte
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quâte
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Accusative
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Indefinite
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quâten
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quâte
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quâet
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quâte
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Definite
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quâte
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Genitive
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Indefinite
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quâets
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quâter
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quâets
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quâter
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Definite
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quâets, quâten
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quâets, quâten
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Dative
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quâten
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quâter
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quâten
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quâten
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Descendants
Etymology 2
From Old Dutch *kwāt, from Proto-West Germanic *kwād.
Noun
quâet n
- evil
- badness
- misfortune, disaster
- disease
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Further reading
- “quaet (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “quaet (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “quaet (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “quaet (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II