tocht

See also: töcht

Dutch

Alternative forms

• togt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tocht or tucht, from Old Dutch *tuht, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tuhtiz, cognate to German Zucht. Equivalent to tijgen (“to go, pull”) +‎ -t (“verbal noun”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔxt/

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• Hyphenation: tocht
• Rhymes: -ɔxt

Noun

tocht m or f (plural tochten, diminutive tochtje n)

1. march
2. trip
3. draught, air current
4. A small waterway that connects all the other waterways in a polder to a pump, windmill or sluice.

Hypernyms

• (small waterway): sloot

Derived terms

• aftocht
• borgtocht
• doortocht
• fietstocht
• hartstocht
• krijgstocht
• kruistocht
• molentocht
• pelgrimstocht
• plundertocht
• rooftocht
• sluistocht
• strooptocht
• terugtocht
• tochten
• tochtgenoot
• tochtig
• tochtworst
• toertocht
• uittocht
• veldtocht
• veroveringstocht
• wandeltocht
• zoektocht

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: tog

West Frisian

Verb

tocht

1. thought

   First and third person singular, and participle, past tense of tinke.