kuis
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch cuusch (“chaste”), from Latin conscius (“conscious”), a compound of com- (“together”) + scire (“to know”). Cognate with English conscious, German keusch.
Adjective edit
kuis (comparative kuiser, superlative meest kuis or kuist)
Declension edit
Inflection of kuis | ||||
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uninflected | kuis | |||
inflected | kuise | |||
comparative | kuiser | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | kuis | kuiser | het kuist het kuiste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | kuise | kuisere | kuiste |
n. sing. | kuis | kuiser | kuiste | |
plural | kuise | kuisere | kuiste | |
definite | kuise | kuisere | kuiste | |
partitive | kuis | kuisers | — |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: kuis
Noun edit
kuis m (uncountable)
Etymology 2 edit
Related to koe. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun edit
kuis f (plural kuizen, diminutive kuisje n)
Alternative forms edit
- kuus (dialectal)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
Cf. German Low German Küsel. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun edit
kuis m (plural kuizen, diminutive kuisje n)
Etymology 4 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
kuis
- inflection of kuisen:
Etymology 5 edit
From Middle Dutch cuse, related to Middle Low German kuse.
Noun edit
kuis f (plural kuizen, diminutive kuisje n)
Derived terms edit
- kuizen (“to beat to death with a hammer”)
Haitian Creole edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
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kuis
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kuis (first-person possessive kuisku, second-person possessive kuismu, third-person possessive kuisnya)
- quiz
- a competition in the answering of questions.
- (education) a school examination of less importance, or of greater brevity, than others given in the same course.
Further reading edit
- “kuis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.