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onheimelijk.

eerie, creepy

11 characters4 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

adj

  1. eerie, creepy

    archaic · rare

  2. unfamiliar, uncommon

    archaic · rare

  3. hostile

    archaic · rare

  4. not secretly, not covertly

    archaic · literally · rare
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch onheimelijc, equivalent to on- (“un”) + heimelijk (“secretly, covertly”, literally “homely”). Doublet of unheimisch.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.