gewicht

 

 gewicht on Dutch Wikipedia

• IPA^(key): /ɣəˈʋɪxt/

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• Hyphenation: ge‧wicht
• Rhymes: -ɪxt

From Middle Dutch gewichte. Compare Middle Dutch wicht. Ultimately from Old Dutch wiht, from Proto-West Germanic *wihti, from Proto-Germanic *wihtiz, *gawihtiz (compare *weganą). Equivalent to ge- +‎ wegen (“to weigh”) +‎ -t (“verbal noun”).

gewicht n (plural gewichten, diminutive gewichtje n)

1. weight

• Afrikaans: gewig
• Negerhollands: gewicht

Borrowed from German Gewicht, a variant of Geweih. Doublet of gewei.

gewicht n (plural gewichten, diminutive gewichtje n)

1. (obsolete) a pair of antlers; an antler

   Synonym: gewei