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ontfermen.

to take pity

9 characters3 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˌɔntˈfɛr.mə(n)/
  1. to take pity

    reflexive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch entfarmen, ontfarmen, from Old Dutch *intfarmon, with two prefixes ont- and af attached to Proto-West Germanic *armēn, from Proto-Germanic *armāną (“to pity”). The word erbarmen derives from the same source, via Old High German and with a different prefix. Related to arm (“poor”).

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