Zeeuw

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Backformation from Zeeuws (“Zealandic”) by analogy with pairs of the sort of Italiaans (“Italian”, adjective), Italiaan (“Italian”, noun). Zeeuws is indeed equivalent to zee (“sea”) + -s (“-ish”) with retention of the -w- in Proto-Germanic *saiwiz (“sea”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /zeːu̯/
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Hyphenation: Zeeuw
Rhymes: -eːu̯

Noun edit

Zeeuw m (plural Zeeuwen, diminutive Zeeuwtje n)

A Zeelander, a person from Zeeland, the Netherlands.

Related terms edit

Zeeuws