zweet

Dutch

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /zʋeːt/
  • audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -eːt

Noun

zweet n (uncountable)

  1. sweat

Derived terms

Verb

zweet

  1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of zweten
  2. imperative of zweten

Anagrams

Luxembourgish
Luxembourgish ordinal numbers
 <  1 2 3  > 
    Cardinal : zwee
    Ordinal : zweet

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡sweːt/
  • Audio(file)

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.
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