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Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch versene, from Old Dutch *fersana, from Proto-Germanic *fersnō, from Proto-Indo-European *tpḗrsneh₂.
Noun
verzen f (plural verzenen, diminutive verzentje n)
- (obsolete, usually in the plural) heel
Usage notes
- Obsolete, but still known to some Dutch Bible Belt communities due to its use in the Statenbijbel, an authoritative Bible translation from the seventeenth century comparable to the King James Bible (see tale Kanaäns).
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
verzen
- plural of vers