gracht

See also: Gracht

English

Etymology

From Dutch gracht.

Noun

gracht (plural grachts)

1. A canal in a city, with houses on each side.

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Dutch

FWOTD – 4 March 2020

Alternative forms

• (canal, grave): graft (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gracht, from Old Dutch *graft, *graht, from Proto-Germanic *graftuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣrɑxt/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: gracht
• Rhymes: -ɑxt

Noun

Een gracht in Amsterdam.
A canal in Amsterdam.

gracht f or m (plural grachten, diminutive grachtje n)

1. (Netherlands) canal (in a city, with houses on each side)

   Synonym: rui

2. (Belgium) ditch, trench (in the countryside, referring to both those that contain water and those that are dry)
   • 2017 January 10, Het Laatste Nieuws, "Monsterfile op E17 na ongeval in Destelbergen, vrachtwagen in gracht op E40".

     Op de E40 tussen Beernem en Aalter kreeg een vrachtwagen rond 7 uur 's morgens een klapband. Hierdoor belandde de vrachtwagen, die geladen was met aarde, op zijn zijkant in de gracht.

     A truck got a flat tyre on the E40 between Beernem and Aalter around 7 o'clock in the morning. This caused the truck, which was loaded with earth, to end up on its side in the ditch.

   Synonyms: gleuf, greppel, geul, rui, sloot

Derived terms

• grachtengordel
• grachtenhuis
• grachtenpand
• slotgracht
• vestgracht

Descendants

• Afrikaans: grag
• → German: Gracht
• → West Frisian: gracht

Noun

gracht n (plural grachten, diminutive grachtje n)

1. (obsolete) grave

See also

• kanaal

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *graft, *graht, from Proto-Germanic *graftuz.

Noun

gracht f or n

1. (neuter) grave
2. ditch, canal, dug watercourse
3. groove

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• graft (Hollandic)

Descendants

• Dutch: gracht
• Limburgish: grach

Further reading

• “gracht”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “gracht”, in Middelniederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

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West Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch gracht.

Noun

gracht c (plural grachten, diminutive grachtsje)

1. (rare) Alternative form of grêft.