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duit.

a doit, a Dutch copper coin with the value of ¹⁄₁₆₀ of a guilder, current before the decimalization of 1816

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/dœy̯t/
  1. a doit, a Dutch copper coin with the value of ¹⁄₁₆₀ of a guilder, current before the decimalization of 1816

    historical · masculine
  2. an amount of money, a sum of money

    informal · masculine · singular
    Zij kon daarmee een aardige duit verdienen.
  3. money in general

    in-plural · informal · masculine
    "Blijf met je gore klauwen van me duiten af", krijste de vrek.
Where this word comes from

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).

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