Afrikaans edit

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Verb edit

wiet

  1. (Cape Afrikaans) Alternative form of weet.

Central Franconian edit

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Etymology edit

From Old High German (*)wīd, northern variant of wīt, from Proto-Germanic *wīdaz.

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Adjective edit

wiet (masculine wijje or wiede, feminine wie or wiet, comparative wijjer or wieder, superlative et wietste)

  1. (westernmost and northernmost Ripuarian) far; wide; distant

Usage notes edit

  • The forms with loss of -d- are western (around Aachen), the others are northern (around Düsseldorf).

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from English weed (marijuana), from Middle English weed, from Old English wēod (weed), from Proto-West Germanic *weud. Doublet of wied (unwanted plant).

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wiet m (uncountable)

  1. weed, marijuana
    Synonyms: cannabis, hasj, marihuana, hennep

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Saterland Frisian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Frisian hwīt, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīt. Cognates include German weiß and West Frisian wyt.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /vit/
  • Hyphenation: wiet
  • Rhymes: -it

Adjective edit

wiet (masculine wieten, feminine, plural or definite wiete, comparative wieter, superlative wietst)

  1. white

References edit

  • Marron C. Fort (2015), “wiet”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

West Frisian edit

Pronunciation edit

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wiet

  1. wet

Inflection edit

Inflection of wiet
uninflected wiet
inflected wiete
comparative wieter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial wiet wieter it wietst
it wietste
indefinite c. sing. wiete wietere wietste
n. sing. wiet wieter wietste
plural wiete wietere wietste
definite wiete wietere wietste
partitive wiets wieters

Further reading edit

  • wiet (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011