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Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zut/
- Hyphenation: zoet
- Rhymes: -ut
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch soete, from Old Dutch suoti, from Proto-West Germanic *swōtī, from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz, from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂dus.
Adjective
zoet (comparative zoeter, superlative zoetst)
- sweet-tasting
- sweet, pleasant
- calm; well-behaved, like an obedient child
- Synonym: braaf
- fresh, potable, not saline
- Coordinate terms: brak, zout
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Etymology 2
From the adjective zoet.
Noun
zoet n (uncountable)
- the sweet taste
- sweets, such as candy
- (figuratively) good things in life
- an endearment similar to English sweetie or sweetheart
Etymology 3
From Middle Dutch soet, from Proto-Germanic *sōtą.
Noun
zoet n (uncountable)
- (dated) soot
- Synonym: roet
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
zoet
- inflection of zoeten:
- first/second/third-person singular present indicative
- imperative