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werf.

short for bouwwerf (“building site”)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʋɛrf/
  1. short for bouwwerf (“building site”)

    Southern · abbreviation · alt-of · masculine · regional
  2. short for scheepswerf (“shipyard”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · masculine
  3. wharf, quay

    masculine
  4. field of interest and action, chapter on a to do list

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch werf. Related to werven. Compare English wharf.

noun/ʋɛrf/
  1. time, occasion, instance

    masculine · no-diminutive · obsolete
    Hij sprak twee werf tot de menigte.
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch werf, warf, from Old Dutch *warf, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?]. Cognate with Old Saxon hwarba, Old High German -warf, Old Frisian hwarf, hwerf. Related to werven in its original meaning of "to turn" (compare the frequentative verb wervelen and the noun wervel, and see *hwerban); the semantic development is analogous to that between keer and keren, and see English turn.

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