"beu" meaning in Dutch

See beu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /bøː/ Audio: Nl-beu.ogg
Rhymes: -øː Etymology: Of uncertain origin. Attested as Middle Dutch boy ("fed up, annoyed"), later bo and bue, before the modern form beu. It has been suggested that these forms may derive from one or more expressive interjections, comparing them with Dutch bah, rather than from an inherited lexical root. Head templates: {{head|nl|adjective}} beu
  1. fed up, having had enough Synonyms: zat, moede Derived forms: beuheid, kotsbeu
    Sense id: en-beu-nl-adj-lkBheYjI Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 100 0

Adverb

IPA: /bøː/ Audio: Nl-beu.ogg
Rhymes: -øː Etymology: Of uncertain origin. Attested as Middle Dutch boy ("fed up, annoyed"), later bo and bue, before the modern form beu. It has been suggested that these forms may derive from one or more expressive interjections, comparing them with Dutch bah, rather than from an inherited lexical root. Head templates: {{nl-adv}} beu
  1. (obsolete, of eating or drinking) to satiety Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-beu-nl-adv-ryzSw3R7
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          "english": "I've had enough!",
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          "text": "We zijn de situatie beu!",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Dutch dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-08-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-08-05 using wiktextract (d9fa233 and 9e92f4b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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