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buiten.

outside

6 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

adv/ˈbœy̯.tə(n)/
  1. outside

    Het is mooi weer, laten we buiten spelen.
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch buten, from Old Dutch *būtan, from Proto-West Germanic *biūtan (“outside of, around, without, except”), equivalent to be- + uit + -en. Cognate to English but, Luxembourgish baussen, West Frisian bûten, Saterland Frisian buute (“without”), Dutch Low Saxon buten.

noun/ˈbœy̯.tə(n)/
  1. a mansion and its surrounding estate in the countryside

    neuter
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch buten, from Old Dutch *būtan, from Proto-West Germanic *biūtan (“outside of, around, without, except”), equivalent to be- + uit + -en. Cognate to English but, Luxembourgish baussen, West Frisian bûten, Saterland Frisian buute (“without”), Dutch Low Saxon buten.

prep/ˈbœy̯.tə(n)/
  1. outside, out of

Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch buten, from Old Dutch *būtan, from Proto-West Germanic *biūtan (“outside of, around, without, except”), equivalent to be- + uit + -en. Cognate to English but, Luxembourgish baussen, West Frisian bûten, Saterland Frisian buute (“without”), Dutch Low Saxon buten.

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