duit
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Etymology
Noun
duit
Pronunciation
Participle
duit (feminine duida, masculine plural duits, feminine plural duides)
- Alternative form of dut
Etymology
From Middle Dutch duit, of uncertain origin. Possibly borrowed from Old Norse þveit (“cut-off piece of metal, small coin, doit”), related to Old English þwītan (“to cut, cutt off”) (whence dialectal English thwite).
Pronunciation
Noun
duit m (plural duiten, diminutive duitje n)
- (historical) a doit, a Dutch copper coin with the value of 1⁄160 of a guilder, current before the decimalization of 1816
- (informal, in the singular) an amount of money, a sum of money
- Zij kon daarmee een aardige duit verdienen.
- She could make a pretty penny from that.
- (informal, in the plural) money in general
- "Blijf met je gore klauwen van me duiten af", krijste de vrek.
- "Keep your filthy mitts of me moola," the miser shrieked.
Derived terms
- duitendief
- duitenkliever
- een duit in het zakje doen
- geen duit geven om
- spaarduit
- vierduitstuk
Descendants
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Etymology
Borrowed from Malay duit, from Dutch duit (“a small Dutch coin”).
Noun
duit
Alternative forms
- doeit (van Ophuijsen (1901–1947))
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
- (historical) A doit, a Dutch copper coin with the value of 1⁄120 of a rupiah
- (colloquial, informal) money
Derived terms
- berduit
- seduit
Descendants
- → Petjo: doewit
Further reading
- “duit” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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