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jurk.

dress

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/jʏrk/
  1. dress

    Netherlands · feminine
Where this word comes from

Uncertain. Possibly shortened from earlier *jurreken (compare English jerkin), assimilated from *jurneken, from Middle Dutch jo(u)rney, journede (“surcoat”), from Old French journée, formed from jor (“day (of the tournament)”), with the suffix -ade (“at, from or before”). In the sense 'clothing' first found in 1691. In the 19th century the meaning shifted from children's to women's clothing.

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