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gunst.

favour

5 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɣʏnst/
  1. favour

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch gunst, gonst, prefixed from ge- + onst, onste, the latter from Old Dutch anst, from Proto-West Germanic *unsti, from Proto-Germanic *unstiz. Equivalent to gunnen + -st.

intj/ɣʏnst/
  1. good grief, gosh

    dated · formal
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch gunst, gonst, prefixed from ge- + onst, onste, the latter from Old Dutch anst, from Proto-West Germanic *unsti, from Proto-Germanic *unstiz. Equivalent to gunnen + -st.

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