wout
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Perhaps from Middle Dutch waut, wout (“authority, power”), of unknown origin.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
wout m (plural wouten, diminutive woutje n)
- (derogatory, Bargoens, slang) Synonym of politieagent
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Old Dutch walt, from Proto-West Germanic *walþu.
Noun edit
wout n
Inflection edit
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Alternative forms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “wout”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “wout (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I