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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch tempeest, from Old French tempeste, from Latin tempestas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛmˈpeːst/
- Hyphenation: tem‧peest
- Rhymes: -eːst
Noun
tempeest n (plural tempeesten, diminutive tempeestje n)
- tempest, storm
- (figurative) hard time, dire straits
- 1628, Philips Marnix van Sint Aldegonde, "Wilhelmus van Nassouwe", (modern, redacted version), couplet 12.
Zo het de wil des Heren / op dien tijd had geweest, / had ik geern willen keren / van u dit zwaar tempeest.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)