kwijt

Dutch

Etymology

From 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

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• Rhymes: -ɛi̯t

Adjective

kwijt (not comparable)

1. rid (having lost something)

   Ik ben blij dat ik die zorgen kwijt ben.

   I'm happy to be rid of those worries.

2. gone, lost, missing

   Zijn broodwinning is kwijt.

   His livelihood is lost.

Inflection

This adjective is only rarely used attributively.

Declension of kwijt
uninflected	kwijt
inflected	kwijte
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		kwijt
indefinite	m./f. sing.	kwijte
	n. sing.	kwijt
	plural	kwijte
definite		kwijte
partitive		kwijts

Synonyms

• bijster

Verb

kwijt

1. inflection of kwijten:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Anagrams

• wijkt