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onttijgen.

to pull away

9 characters3 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɔnˈtɛi̯.ɣə(n)/
  1. to pull away

    archaic · intransitive · transitive
  2. to escape, to go away

    archaic · intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch onttien, from Old Dutch anttīan. Equivalent to ont- + tijgen.

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