vrucht

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vrʏxt/
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  • Hyphenation: vrucht
  • Rhymes: -ʏxt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch vrucht, from Old Dutch fruht, from Proto-West Germanic *fruht (“fruit”). Doublet of fruit.

Noun

vrucht f (plural vruchten, diminutive vruchtje n)

  1. fruit
    Synonyms: fruit, ooft
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: vrug
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: fruktu
  • Jersey Dutch: vrœxt
  • Negerhollands: vrucht, vrygt
  • Petjo: fruh
  • → Javanese: fruktu
  • → Sranan Tongo: froktu, fruktu (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch vruchte, from Old Dutch forhta. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *furhtį̄ (“fear”), from Proto-Indo-European *perg- (“to frighten; fear”).

Noun

vrucht f (plural vruchten, diminutive vruchtje n)

  1. (archaic) fear
Derived terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vrucht

  1. inflection of vruchten:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch fruht, from Latin frūctus.

Noun

vrucht f

  1. produce, product, profit
  2. fruit
  3. fetus

Inflection

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Descendants

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