zweet

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zʋeːt/

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• Hyphenation: zweet
• Rhymes: -eːt
• Homophone: Zweed

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch sweet, swet, from Old Dutch *sweit, *swēt, from Proto-Germanic *swait-, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd-, *sweyd-. Compare German Schweiß, West Frisian swit, English sweat, Danish sved.

Noun

zweet n (uncountable)

1. sweat

Derived terms

• lui zweet
• zweetklier

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sweet
• Negerhollands: sweet

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

zweet

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

Anagrams

• zwete

Luxembourgish

Luxembourgish ordinal numbers

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Cardinal : zwee     Ordinal : zweet

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sweːt/

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Adjective

zweet (masculine zweeten, neuter zweet, not comparable)

1. second
   • 2013, Christiane de Bricasart, Wann d'Rous sech verstoppt fir ze kräischen, →ISBN:

     Beim zweeten Ulaf ass meng Stir nach eng Kéier um Bord vum Dësch gelant.

     On the second attempt, my forehead once again landed on the edge of the table.