"moeite" meaning in Dutch

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmui̯.tə/ Audio: Nl-moeite.ogg Forms: moeiten [plural]
Etymology: From Middle Dutch moeyte. Equivalent to moeien (“to annoy, to bother”) + -te. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|moeyte}} Middle Dutch moeyte, {{suffix|nl|moeien|te|t1=to annoy, to bother}} moeien (“to annoy, to bother”) + -te Head templates: {{nl-noun|f|-en|-}} moeite f (plural moeiten, no diminutive)
  1. effort Tags: feminine, no-diminutive
    Sense id: en-moeite-nl-noun-pPEsOJUl Categories (other): Dutch terms with collocations, Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch terms suffixed with -te, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of Dutch terms suffixed with -te: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10
  2. difficulty Tags: feminine, no-diminutive
    Sense id: en-moeite-nl-noun-sSmuQgDS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: moeiteloos Related terms: moeilijk, moeizaam, vermoeien
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "moeiteloos"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Negerhollands",
      "lang_code": "dcr",
      "word": "moeite"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Negerhollands",
      "lang_code": "dcr",
      "word": "moeijten"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Aukan",
      "lang_code": "djk",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "moiti"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Kwinti",
      "lang_code": "kww",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "moiti"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "moeyte"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch moeyte",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "moeien",
        "3": "te",
        "t1": "to annoy, to bother"
      },
      "expansion": "moeien (“to annoy, to bother”) + -te",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch moeyte. Equivalent to moeien (“to annoy, to bother”) + -te.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "moeiten",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "moeite f (plural moeiten, no diminutive)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "moei",
        "te"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "moeilijk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "moeizaam"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vermoeien"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch terms with collocations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
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          "name": "Dutch terms suffixed with -te",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "english": "worth it",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "de moeite waard",
          "translation": "worth it",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "effort"
      ],
      "id": "en-moeite-nl-noun-pPEsOJUl",
      "links": [
        [
          "effort",
          "effort"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "no-diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "difficulty"
      ],
      "id": "en-moeite-nl-noun-sSmuQgDS",
      "links": [
        [
          "difficulty",
          "difficulty"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "no-diminutive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmui̯.tə/"
    },
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      "audio": "Nl-moeite.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Nl-moeite.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "moeite"
}
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    "Dutch feminine nouns",
    "Dutch lemmas",
    "Dutch nouns",
    "Dutch nouns with plural in -en",
    "Dutch nouns with red links in their headword lines",
    "Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms suffixed with -te",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "moeiteloos"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Negerhollands",
      "lang_code": "dcr",
      "word": "moeite"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Negerhollands",
      "lang_code": "dcr",
      "word": "moeijten"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Aukan",
      "lang_code": "djk",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "moiti"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Kwinti",
      "lang_code": "kww",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "moiti"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
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        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "moeyte"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch moeyte",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "moeien",
        "3": "te",
        "t1": "to annoy, to bother"
      },
      "expansion": "moeien (“to annoy, to bother”) + -te",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch moeyte. Equivalent to moeien (“to annoy, to bother”) + -te.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "moeiten",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "moeite f (plural moeiten, no diminutive)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "moei",
        "te"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "moeilijk"
    },
    {
      "word": "moeizaam"
    },
    {
      "word": "vermoeien"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        "Dutch terms with collocations"
      ],
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "english": "worth it",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "de moeite waard",
          "translation": "worth it",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "effort"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "effort",
          "effort"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "no-diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "difficulty"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "difficulty",
          "difficulty"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "no-diminutive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmui̯.tə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-moeite.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9a/Nl-moeite.ogg/Nl-moeite.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Nl-moeite.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "moeite"
}

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