duin

From Dutch duin, from Middle Dutch dûne, from Old Dutch dūna, from Proto-Germanic *dūnǭ, perhaps from Gaulish dunum (“hill”), from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold, rampart”).

• IPA^(key): /dœi̯n/

duin (plural duine, diminutive duintjie)

1. A dune.

• duinebesie

From Middle Dutch dûne, from Old Dutch dūna, from Proto-Germanic *dūnǭ, perhaps from Gaulish dunum (“hill”), from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold, rampart”).

• Audio

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /dœy̯n/
• Hyphenation: duin
• Rhymes: -œy̯n

duin f (plural duinen, diminutive duintje n)

1. A dune.

- general:

- toponyms:

• Afrikaans: duin

duin

1. present participle of dae; doing
2. (rare) past participle of dae; done

• “dae” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.