woord
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Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch woord, from Middle Dutch wort, from Old Dutch wort, from Proto-West Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰh₁om.
Pronunciation
Noun
woord (plural woorde)
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch wort, from Old Dutch wort, from Proto-West Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰh₁om.
Pronunciation
Noun
woord n (plural woorden, diminutive woordje n)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: woord
- Berbice Creole Dutch: woto, wot, wotro
- Jersey Dutch: wôrd
- Negerhollands: woord, woort, word, wort
- → Virgin Islands Creole: wod (dated)
- Petjo: woord
- → Sranan Tongo: wortu
- → Saramaccan: woútu
Further reading
- “woord” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.
- Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “woord”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001
Middle English
Noun
woord
- Alternative form of word