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zoet.

sweet-tasting

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

adj/zut/
  1. sweet-tasting

  2. sweet, pleasant

  3. calm; well-behaved, like an obedient child

  4. fresh, potable, not saline

Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch soete, from Old Dutch suoti, from Proto-West Germanic *swōtī, from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz, from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂dus.

noun/zut/
  1. the sweet taste

    neuter · uncountable
  2. sweets, such as candy

    neuter · uncountable
  3. good things in life

    figuratively · neuter · uncountable
  4. an endearment similar to English sweetie or sweetheart

    neuter · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From the adjective zoet.

noun/zut/
  1. soot

    dated · neuter · no-diminutive · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch soet, from Proto-Germanic *sōtą.

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