wiet

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vit/

Verb

wiet

1. (Cape Afrikaans) Alternative form of weet.

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• wick (Kölsch)
• weck (other Ripuarian)
• weit (Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋiːt/

Adjective

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

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

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋit/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: wiet
• Rhymes: -it
• Homophones: wied, wiedt

Noun

wiet m (uncountable)

1. weed, marijuana

   Synonyms: cannabis, hasj, marihuana, hennep

Derived terms

• mediwiet
• nederwiet
• wiethandel
• wietpas
• wietsigaret

Anagrams

• weit

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

1. white

References

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

West Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viə̯t/

Adjective

wiet

1. wet

Inflection

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

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