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moord.

murder, a type of killing legally in a more severe degree than homicide

5 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/moːrt/
  1. murder, a type of killing legally in a more severe degree than homicide

    masculine
  2. a tragedy, something extremely grave

    dated · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch mort, from Old Dutch morth, from Proto-West Germanic *morþ, from Proto-Germanic *murþą, from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die”).

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