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Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sprit/
- Hyphenation: spriet
- Rhymes: -it
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch spriet, from Old Dutch *spriet, from Proto-West Germanic *spreut.
Noun
spriet m (plural sprieten, diminutive sprietje n)
- (botany) long, narrow shoot from a plant; blade (of grass or corn), sprig
- (nautical) sprit
- antenna
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: sprichi (from the diminutive)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from German Sprit.
Noun
spriet m (uncountable)
- (chiefly Belgium) lignite