vrucht

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vrʏxt/

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• Hyphenation: vrucht
• Rhymes: -ʏxt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch vrucht, from Old Dutch fruht, from Proto-West Germanic *fruht (“fruit”). Doublet of fruit.

Noun

vrucht f (plural vruchten, diminutive vruchtje n)

1. fruit

   Synonyms: fruit, ooft

Derived terms

• aardvrucht
• boomvrucht
• bosvrucht
• citrusvrucht
• doosvrucht
• drakenvrucht
• lettervrucht
• palmvrucht
• passievrucht
• pennenvrucht
• peulvrucht
• steenvrucht
• veldvrucht
• vruchtafdrijving
• vruchtbaar
• vruchteloos
• vruchtensap
• vruchtensiroop
• vruchtgebruik
• vruchtlichaam
• vruchtvlees
• vruchtwater
• zuidvrucht

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: vrug
• Berbice Creole Dutch: fruktu
• Jersey Dutch: vrœxt
• Negerhollands: vrucht, vrygt
• Petjo: fruh
• → Javanese: fruktu
• → Sranan Tongo: froktu, fruktu (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch vruchte, from Old Dutch forhta. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *furhtį̄ (“fear”), from Proto-Indo-European *perg- (“to frighten; fear”).

Noun

vrucht f (plural vruchten, diminutive vruchtje n)

1. (archaic) fear

Derived terms

• godsvrucht
• vruchtig

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vrucht

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

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch fruht, from Latin frūctus.

Noun

vrucht f

1. produce, product, profit
2. fruit
3. fetus

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: vrucht
  • Afrikaans: vrug
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: fruktu
  • Jersey Dutch: vrœxt
  • Negerhollands: vrucht, vrygt
  • Petjo: fruh
  • → Javanese: fruktu
  • → Sranan Tongo: froktu, fruktu (see there for further descendants)
• Limburgish: vröch

Further reading

• “vrucht (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vrucht (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II