Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɣəˈʋɛlt/
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  • Hyphenation: ge‧weld
  • Rhymes: -ɛlt

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch gewelt, influenced by umlauted geweldich (modern geweldig), from Old Dutch giwalt, ultimately pertaining to Proto-West Germanic *ga- and *waldōn (to govern, rule). Cognate with English wald, German Gewalt.

Noun edit

geweld n (uncountable)

  1. violence
  2. strong or violent force; ferocity
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Afrikaans: geweld
  • Negerhollands: geweld
  • Indonesian: kekerasan (semantic loan)

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle edit

geweld

  1. past participle of wellen
Inflection edit
Inflection of geweld
uninflected geweld
inflected gewelde
positive
predicative/adverbial geweld
indefinite m./f. sing. gewelde
n. sing. geweld
plural gewelde
definite gewelde
partitive gewelds