kwijt
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch quite, from Medieval Latin quitus (“discharged, released (from debt)”), a byform of Classical Latin quiētus (“quiet”). Compare Low German quit, quiet, German quitt, Danish kvit, Swedish kvitt, Icelandic kvittur. More at quit, quite.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editkwijt (not comparable)
- rid (having lost something)
- Ik ben blij dat ik die zorgen kwijt ben.
- I'm happy to be rid of those worries.
- gone, lost, missing
- Zijn broodwinning is kwijt.
- His livelihood is lost.
Declension
editThis adjective is only rarely used attributively.
Declension of kwijt | ||||
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uninflected | kwijt | |||
inflected | kwijte | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | kwijt | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | kwijte | ||
n. sing. | kwijt | |||
plural | kwijte | |||
definite | kwijte | |||
partitive | kwijts |
Synonyms
editVerb
editkwijt
- inflection of kwijten:
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