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Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Dutch Wiktionary says this contains the suffix -weg, but that does not seem to make sense here, as that is a deadjectival suffix; it simply doesn't seem to match. A more likely comparandum seems to be pak hem beet.”

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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pakweg

  1. about, roughly, approximately, circa, to the tune of
    Synonyms: circa, grofweg, omstreeks, ongeveer, plusminus, ruwweg, zo'n, pak hem beet