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DUTCH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

dot.

a tuft, a bunch, a clump

3 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/dɔt/
  1. a tuft, a bunch, a clump

    feminine · masculine
  2. a lot, a large amount

    feminine · informal · masculine
  3. cutie, something small and adorable

    feminine · masculine
  4. darling, sweetie (almost always used in its diminutive form - dotje)

    feminine · masculine
  5. a swab

    feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

A secondary form of dodde (“long, soft raceme, as of a cattail plant”), a word of uncertain but perhaps gibberish origin related to German Dutte, düttenkolb (“bulrush”), themselves linked to words like Zitze, Titte.

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