wicht

See also: Wicht

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wicht, from Old Dutch *wiht, from Proto-Germanic *wihtą. Cognate with English wight, German Wicht.

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Noun

wicht n (plural wichten, diminutive wichtje n)

1. living being, creature (obsolete)
2. child
3. girl
4. stupid, simple-minded woman (derogatory)

Derived terms

• booswicht

Descendants

• Afrikaans: wig
• Jersey Dutch: wäxt

Dutch Low Saxon

Noun

wicht n (plural wichter)

1. child
2. girl, daughter

German

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Verb

wicht

1. second-person plural preterite of weichen