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nooddruft.

poverty

9 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈnoː.drʏft//ˈnoːt.(d)rʏft/
  1. poverty

    dated · feminine · no-diminutive · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch nootdruft, nootdurft. It is a tautological compound of nood (“need”) + druft (“need”). The second element, found in Modern Dutch only (in metathesized form) in this compound, derives from Proto-Germanic *þurftiz. Compare Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍆𐍄𐍃 (naudiþaurfts).

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