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woerd.

drake (male duck)

5 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʋurt/[ʋuːrt]
  1. drake (male duck)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch woert, woort, apparently dialectal forms of *waart (whence the byform given below). Compare regional Low German Warte (“drake”). Further origin unknown.

noun/ʋurt/[ʋuːrt]
  1. man-made hill or elevation (as used in low areas to protect farmhouses against flooding)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch woert, either from Old Dutch *wurth, *wuorth or from Old Frisian wurth, from Proto-Germanic *wurþiz. Frisian origin might be suggested by the irregular -oe- and the fact that it is a coastal word. Cognate with German Wurt (“man-made hill”), Icelandic urð (“area covered by fallen rocks”).

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