bijster

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bijster (“away, loose”). Middle Dutch also has an adverb bijsterlijc (“ferociously”), whose meaning was later taken over by bijster.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛi̯.stər/
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  • Hyphenation: bijs‧ter
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯stər

Adjective

bijster (used only predicatively, not comparable)

  1. lost, missing
    Het spoor bijster zijn.

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Adverb

bijster

  1. very
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