voet

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See also: vöët

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch voet, from Middle Dutch voet, from Old Dutch fuot, from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

Pronunciation

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Noun

voet (plural voete)

  1. foot

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch voet, from Old Dutch fuot, from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

Pronunciation

Noun

voet m (plural voeten, diminutive voetje n)

  1. foot (lowest part of the legs)
    Hij heeft zijn voet verstuikt tijdens het voetballen.
    He sprained his foot while playing football.
    Ze wast haar voeten elke avond voor het slapengaan.
    She washes her feet every night before going to bed.
  2. foot, base (lowest part of any standard, support, stand or pillar)
    De voet van de lamp was gemaakt van marmer.
    The base of the lamp was made of marble.
    Het standbeeld staat op een grote betonnen voet.
    The statue stands on a large concrete base.
  3. imperial foot (unit of measure)
    De breedte van de kamer is tien voet.
    The width of the room is ten feet.
    Hij kocht een touw van vijftien voet lang.
    He bought a fifteen-foot long rope.
  4. (historical) Dutch foot (unit of measure)
    In de 18e eeuw mat men de lengte in voet.
    In the 18th century, length was measured in feet.
    Een voet was vroeger een belangrijke maateenheid in Nederland.
    A foot used to be an important unit of measurement in the Netherlands.
  5. (poetry) foot (most basic element of a metre)
    Dit gedicht heeft een ritme van vier voeten per vers.
    This poem has a rhythm of four feet per line.
    Een jambische pentameter heeft vijf voeten per vers.
    An iambic pentameter has five feet per line.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: voet
  • Jersey Dutch: vût
  • Negerhollands: voet, voeti, fut, futu, vut
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: voet (dated)
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: fut
  • →? Sranan Tongo: futu

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch fuot, from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

Noun

voet m

  1. foot (bottom of the leg)
  2. paw (foot of an animal)
    Synonym: pôte
  3. foot, bottom part, base
  4. foot, leg, support
  5. foot (unit of measure)

Inflection

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Descendants

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