voet

See also: vöët

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch voet, from Middle Dutch voet, from Old Dutch fuot, from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

voet (plural voete)

  1. foot

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch voet, from Old Dutch fuot, from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vut/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: voet
  • Rhymes: -ut

Noun

voet m (plural voeten, diminutive voetje n)

  1. foot (lowest part of the legs)
  2. (historical) Dutch foot (unit of measure)
  3. imperial foot (unit of measure)
  4. foot, base (lowest part of any standard, support, stand or pillar)
  5. (poetry) foot (most basic element of a metre)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: voet
  • Jersey Dutch: vût
  • Negerhollands: voet, voeti, fut, futu, vut
    • Virgin Islands Creole: voet (dated)
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: fut
  • ? Sranan Tongo: futu
    • ? Aukan: futu
    • Saramaccan: fútu

Anagrams

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch fuot, from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

Noun

voet m

  1. foot (bottom of the leg)
  2. paw (foot of an animal)
    Synonym: pôte
  3. foot, bottom part, base
  4. foot, leg, support
  5. foot (unit of measure)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • voet”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), voet”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
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