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wit.

white

3 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

adj/ʋɪt/

  1. white

    De muur is wit.
    Ze droeg een witte jurk tijdens het feest.

  2. legally obtained by having paid the appropriate taxes

    Zijn inkomen is volledig wit.
    Veel mensen streven ernaar om een wit inkomen te hebben.

  3. having a white skin colour, light-skinned (see usage note)

    Suriname

  4. having a relatively light skin colour

    Suriname

  5. clear-lighted, not dark at all

    archaic
    De lang gewenste dag verscheen, heel klaar en wit.
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch wit, from Old Dutch *wit, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīt, from Proto-Germanic *hwittaz. The geminate is unexpected as the usual Proto-Germanic form is *hwītaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos (“shine; bright”). The geminate is sometimes explained as being the result of Kluge's law, thus from a pre-Germanic *kweyd-nos.

noun/ʋɪt/

  1. white (color)

    neuter · uncountable
    Wit is alle kleuren ineens.

  2. (short for doelwit (“goal, target, the white in a bullseye”))

    archaic · neuter
    Myn wit is Adam en zyn afkomst te bederven. (in Lucifer, by Vondel)

  3. cocaine

    neuter · slang
    Heb je een halfje wit?
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch wit, from Old Dutch *wit, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīt, from Proto-Germanic *hwittaz. The geminate is unexpected as the usual Proto-Germanic form is *hwītaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos (“shine; bright”). The geminate is sometimes explained as being the result of Kluge's law, thus from a pre-Germanic *kweyd-nos.

noun/ʋɪt/

  1. ability to think and reason

    archaic · neuter

  2. knowledge

    archaic · neuter
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch wit, from Old Dutch *witti, from Proto-West Germanic *witi, from Proto-Germanic *witją (“knowledge, reason”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”). Related to weten (“to know”), wis (“knowledge”) and wijs (“wise”). Cognate with English wit, German Witz.

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