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wei.

a product obtained from milk; whey

3 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʋɛi̯/
  1. a product obtained from milk; whey

    feminine · no-diminutive · uncountable
    Een van de nevenproducten van melk is wei.
  2. serum, a component of blood which does not play a role in clotting

    feminine · no-diminutive · obsolete · uncountable
    De centrifuge scheidt het stolsel van de wei.
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch wei, from Old Dutch *wei, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaij (“whey”).

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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.