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wedstrijd.

race, competition

9 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʋɛt.strɛi̯t/
  1. race, competition

    masculine
  2. game, match

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From wed (“bet”) + strijd (“fight”), as a calque of German Wettstreit (“competition”). The German word has never been common in the sense of an organised match or contest, however. This sense, therefore, must have developed in Dutch either independently or as a calque of another German word, namely Wettkampf.

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