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Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Verb
wiet
- (Cape Afrikaans) Alternative form of weet.
Central Franconian
Etymology
From Old High German (*)wīd, northern variant of wīt, from Proto-Germanic *wīdaz.
Pronunciation
Adjective
wiet (masculine wijje or wiede, feminine wie or wiet, comparative wijjer or wieder, superlative et wietste)
- (westernmost and northernmost Ripuarian) far; wide; distant
Usage notes
- The forms with loss of -d- are western (around Aachen), the others are northern (around Düsseldorf).
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English weed (“marijuana”), from Middle English weed, from Old English wēod (“weed”), from Proto-West Germanic *weud. Doublet of wied (“unwanted plant”).
Pronunciation
Noun
wiet m (uncountable)
- weed, marijuana
- Synonyms: cannabis, hasj, marihuana, hennep
Derived terms
Anagrams
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian hwīt, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīt. Cognates include German weiß and West Frisian wyt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vit/
- Hyphenation: wiet
- Rhymes: -it
Adjective
wiet (masculine wieten, feminine, plural or definite wiete, comparative wieter, superlative wietst)
- white
References
- Marron C. Fort (2015) “wiet”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
West Frisian
Pronunciation
Adjective
wiet
- wet
Inflection
Further reading
- “wiet (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011