wiet

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vit/

Verb

wiet

  1. (Cape Afrikaans) Alternative form of weet.

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old High German (*)wīd, northern variant of wīt, from Proto-Germanic *wīdaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋiːt/

Adjective

wiet (masculine wijje or wiede, feminine wie or wiet, comparative wijjer or wieder, superlative et wietste)

  1. (westernmost and northernmost Ripuarian) far; wide; distant

Usage notes

  • The forms with loss of -d- are western (around Aachen), the others are northern (around Düsseldorf).

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English weed (marijuana), from Middle English weed, from Old English wēod (weed), from Proto-West Germanic *weud. Doublet of wied (unwanted plant).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋit/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: wiet
  • Rhymes: -it
  • Homophones: wied, wiedt

Noun

wiet m (uncountable)

  1. weed, marijuana
    Synonyms: cannabis, hasj, marihuana, hennep

Derived terms

Anagrams

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian hwīt, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīt. Cognates include German weiß and West Frisian wyt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vit/
  • Hyphenation: wiet
  • Rhymes: -it

Adjective

wiet (masculine wieten, feminine, plural or definite wiete, comparative wieter, superlative wietst)

  1. white

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “wiet”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

West Frisian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /viə̯t/

Adjective

wiet

  1. wet

Inflection

Inflection of wiet
uninflected wiet
inflected wiete
comparative wieter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial wietwieterit wietst
it wietste
indefinite c. sing. wietewieterewietste
n. sing. wietwieterwietste
plural wietewieterewietste
definite wietewieterewietste
partitive wietswieters

Further reading

  • wiet (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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