wiet
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- wick (Kölsch)
- weck (other Ripuarian)
- weit (Moselle Franconian)
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)
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/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: wiet
- Rhymes: -it
- Homophones: wied, wiedt
Derived terms
- mediwiet
- nederwiet
- wiethandel
- wietpas
- wietsigaret
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)
References
- Marron C. Fort (2015) “wiet”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
West Frisian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /viə̯t/
Inflection
Inflection of wiet | ||||
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uninflected | wiet | |||
inflected | wiete | |||
comparative | wieter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | wiet | wieter | it wietst it wietste | |
indefinite | c. sing. | wiete | wietere | wietste |
n. sing. | wiet | wieter | wietste | |
plural | wiete | wietere | wietste | |
definite | wiete | wietere | wietste | |
partitive | wiets | wieters | — |
Further reading
- “wiet (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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