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kwijt.

Translated into English with have lost or be rid of.

5 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈkʋɛi̯t/

  1. Translated into English with have lost or be rid of.

    not-comparable · transitive
    iets kwijt zijn
    Ik ben mijn sleutels kwijt.

  2. gone, lost, missing

    not-comparable
    Zijn broodwinning is kwijt.
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch quite, from Medieval Latin quitus (“discharged, released (from debt)”), a byform of Classical Latin quiētus (“quiet”). Compare Low German quit, quiet, German quitt, Danish kvit, Swedish kvitt, Icelandic kvittur. Doublet of quitte.

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