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Dutch
Etymology
From the 18th century, a period of several cattle epidemics, or earlier. Compound of vee (“livestock”) + sterfte (“mortality, mass dying”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈveːˌstɛrf.tə/
- Hyphenation: vee‧sterf‧te
Noun
veesterfte f (plural veesterften or veesterftes)
- mass death of livestock