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weduwe.

widow, surviving wife

6 characters3 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʋeːdyʋə//ˈʋeːdyu̯ə/
  1. widow, surviving wife

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch weduwe, Old Dutch widowa, from Proto-West Germanic *widuwā, from Proto-Germanic *widuwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂ (“widow”). Compare German Witwe, English widow.

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