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{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "zwart"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "een wit voetje halen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wit vetkruid"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "witborstaalscholver"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "witbuikrotgans"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "witgat"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "witgesterde blauwborst"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "withalsvliegenvanger"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "witheid"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "witje"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "witjes"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "witkopeend"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "witkopgors"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "witlof"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "witoogeend"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "witsterblauwborst"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "witstuitbarmsijs"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "witte dovenetel"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "witte fosfor"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "witte kaketoe"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "witte klaver"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "witte krodde"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "witte kwikstaart"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "witte neushoorn"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "witte reiger"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "witte toorts"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "witte vloed"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wittebrood"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "witten"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "witwanghoenderkoet"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "witwangstern"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "witwassen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "zwart-wit"
}
],
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"2": "dum",
"3": "wit"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch wit",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "odt",
"3": "*wit"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch *wit",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "nl",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*hwīt"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hwīt",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*hwittaz"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*hwītaz"
},
"expansion": "*hwītaz",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*ḱweytos",
"3": "",
"4": "shine; bright"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos (“shine; bright”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*kweyd-nos"
},
"expansion": "*kweyd-nos",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch wit, from Old Dutch *wit, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīt, from Proto-Germanic *hwittaz. The geminate is unexpected as the usual Proto-Germanic form is *hwītaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos (“shine; bright”).\nThe geminate is sometimes explained as being the result of Kluge's law, thus from a pre-Germanic *kweyd-nos.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "witter",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "witst",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "nl-decl-adj",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "wit",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial",
"positive",
"predicative"
]
},
{
"form": "witter",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial",
"comparative",
"predicative"
]
},
{
"form": "het witst",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial",
"predicative",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "het witste",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial",
"predicative",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "witte",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"positive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wittere",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "witste",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"singular",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "wit",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"neuter",
"positive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "witter",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"indefinite",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "witste",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"neuter",
"singular",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "witte",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "wittere",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "witste",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "witte",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"definite",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "wittere",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"definite"
]
},
{
"form": "witste",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"definite",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "wits",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "witters",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"partitive"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"superlative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "witter"
},
"expansion": "wit (comparative witter, superlative witst)",
"name": "nl-adj"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"wit"
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "witte"
},
"name": "nl-decl-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wijting"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The wall is white.",
"text": "De muur is wit.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "She wore a white dress at the party.",
"text": "Ze droeg een wite jurk tijdens het feest.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "His teeth are whiter than hers.",
"text": "Zijn tanden zijn witter dan die van haar.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"white"
],
"id": "en-wit-nl-adj-AY-pakRx",
"links": [
[
"white",
"white"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "His income is fully legal and taxed.",
"text": "Zijn inkomen is volledig wit.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Many people aim to have a white, or legally obtained income.",
"text": "Veel mensen streven ernaar om een wit inkomen te hebben.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"legally obtained by having paid the appropriate taxes"
],
"id": "en-wit-nl-adj-kCmwThdY",
"links": [
[
"legal",
"legal"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of income) legally obtained by having paid the appropriate taxes"
],
"raw_tags": [
"of income"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Surinamese Dutch",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "1 6 18 18 18 0 13 1 2 0 15 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"having a white skin colour, light-skinned (see usage note)"
],
"id": "en-wit-nl-adj-X6pQoKTP",
"links": [
[
"white",
"white"
],
[
"colour",
"colour"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly Suriname) having a white skin colour, light-skinned (see usage note)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "blank"
}
],
"tags": [
"Suriname"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Surinamese Dutch",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "1 6 18 18 18 0 13 1 2 0 15 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"having a relatively light skin colour"
],
"id": "en-wit-nl-adj-8-eQFlvd",
"raw_glosses": [
"(Suriname) having a relatively light skin colour"
],
"tags": [
"Suriname"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "1 6 18 18 18 0 13 1 2 0 15 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The long-wished-for day appeared, very clear and white.",
"text": "De lang gewenste dag verscheen, heel klaar en wit.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"clear-lighted, not dark at all"
],
"id": "en-wit-nl-adj-eeqrLzDZ",
"links": [
[
"clear",
"clear"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic) clear-lighted, not dark at all"
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ʋɪt/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪt"
},
{
"audio": "Nl-wit.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1c/Nl-wit.ogg/Nl-wit.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Nl-wit.ogg",
"text": "audio"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Kluge's law"
],
"word": "wit"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "eiwit"
}
],
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{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "af",
"2": "wit"
},
"expansion": "Afrikaans: wit",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Afrikaans: wit"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "brc",
"2": "wete"
},
"expansion": "Berbice Creole Dutch: wete",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Berbice Creole Dutch: wete"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-jdt",
"2": "wät"
},
"expansion": "Jersey Dutch: wät",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Jersey Dutch: wät"
},
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "dcr",
"2": "wit",
"3": "wet"
},
"expansion": "Negerhollands: wit, wet",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Negerhollands: wit, wet"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "djk",
"2": "weti",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Aukan: weti",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Aukan: weti"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "srm",
"2": "wéti",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Saramaccan: wéti",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Saramaccan: wéti"
}
],
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"1": "nl",
"2": "dum",
"3": "wit"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
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{
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{
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},
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"name": "m"
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{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*ḱweytos",
"3": "",
"4": "shine; bright"
},
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"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*kweyd-nos"
},
"expansion": "*kweyd-nos",
"name": "m"
}
],
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"forms": [
{
"form": "witten",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "witje",
"tags": [
"diminutive",
"neuter"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "n",
"2": "-en",
"3": "witje"
},
"expansion": "wit n (plural witten, diminutive witje n)",
"name": "nl-noun"
}
],
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"wit"
],
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"lang_code": "nl",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [],
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{
"english": "White is all colors at once.",
"text": "Wit is alle kleuren ineens.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"white (color)"
],
"id": "en-wit-nl-noun-8IP5OZFb",
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable) white (color)"
],
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"neuter",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "1 6 18 18 18 0 13 1 2 0 15 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "Myn wit is Adam en zyn afkomst te bederven. (in Lucifer, by Vondel)",
"text": "My goal is to corrupt Adam and his origin.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"(short for doelwit (“goal, target, the white in a bullseye”))"
],
"id": "en-wit-nl-noun-NjTV0fEV",
"links": [
[
"doelwit",
"doelwit#Dutch"
]
],
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"(archaic) (short for doelwit (“goal, target, the white in a bullseye”))"
],
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"archaic",
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]
},
{
"categories": [],
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{
"english": "Do you have a dose of cocaine? (The phrase halfje wit normally means \"half a loaf of white bread\".)",
"text": "Heb je een halfje wit?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
"ref": "2011, Esther Schenk, Straatwaarde, Luitingh-Sijthoff B.V.",
"text": "Op de Baan verschijnen dealers die gekookte coke aanbieden. Dat is het ei van Columbus. Nu hoef ik niet meer met mijn wit eerst naar huis om het te gaan koken.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
"ref": "2014, Helen Vreeswijk, Overdosis, Unieboek | Het Spectrum",
"text": "‘Je bestelde ook een halfje wit’, hield De Main hem voor. ‘Wat is dat dan?’",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"cocaine"
],
"id": "en-wit-nl-noun-OcetgAxX",
"links": [
[
"cocaine",
"cocaine"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) cocaine"
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"slang"
]
}
],
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪt"
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{
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1c/Nl-wit.ogg/Nl-wit.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Nl-wit.ogg",
"text": "audio"
}
],
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"Kluge's law"
],
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],
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"lang_code": "nl",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "grijs"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "zwart"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "rood"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "karmijnrood"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "oranje"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "bruin"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "geel"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "roomwit"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "groengeel"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "limoengroen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "groen"
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"english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
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"english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
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{
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"args": {
"1": "de",
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