"wit" meaning in Dutch

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Adjective

IPA: /ʋɪt/ Audio: Nl-wit.ogg
Rhymes: -ɪt Etymology: 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”). The geminate is sometimes explained as being the result of Kluge's law, thus from a pre-Germanic *kweyd-nos. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|wit}} Middle Dutch wit, {{inh|nl|odt|*wit}} Old Dutch *wit, {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*hwīt}} Proto-West Germanic *hwīt, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*hwittaz}} Proto-Germanic *hwittaz, {{cog|gem-pro|-}} Proto-Germanic, {{cog|ine-pro|*ḱweytos||shine; bright}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos (“shine; bright”) Head templates: {{nl-adj|witter}} wit (comparative witter, superlative witst) Inflection templates: {{nl-decl-adj|witte}} Forms: witter [comparative], witst [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], wit [adverbial, positive, predicative], witter [adverbial, comparative, predicative], het witst [adverbial, predicative, superlative], het witste [adverbial, predicative, superlative], witte [feminine, indefinite, masculine, positive, singular], wittere [comparative, feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular], witste [feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular, superlative], wit [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], witter [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], witste [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], witte [indefinite, plural, positive], wittere [comparative, indefinite, plural], witste [indefinite, plural, superlative], witte [definite, positive], wittere [comparative, definite], witste [definite, superlative], wits [partitive, positive], witters [comparative, partitive], - [partitive, superlative]
  1. white
    Sense id: en-wit-nl-adj-AY-pakRx
  2. (of income) legally obtained by having paid the appropriate taxes
    Sense id: en-wit-nl-adj-kCmwThdY
  3. (chiefly Suriname) having a white skin colour, light-skinned (see usage note) Tags: Suriname Synonyms: blank
    Sense id: en-wit-nl-adj-X6pQoKTP Categories (other): Surinamese Dutch, Pages with 19 entries, Pages with entries, Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 19 entries: 0 1 0 4 12 13 1 1 8 0 2 0 10 1 1 1 2 8 1 2 1 11 3 0 0 1 1 10 0 0 0 2 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 1 0 4 14 14 1 1 9 0 1 0 11 0 0 1 1 9 1 1 1 12 2 0 0 1 1 11 0 0 0 1 1 Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 22 23 1 0 16 0 7 0 19 3
  4. (Suriname) having a relatively light skin colour Tags: Suriname
    Sense id: en-wit-nl-adj-8-eQFlvd Categories (other): Surinamese Dutch, Pages with 19 entries, Pages with entries, Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 19 entries: 0 1 0 4 12 13 1 1 8 0 2 0 10 1 1 1 2 8 1 2 1 11 3 0 0 1 1 10 0 0 0 2 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 1 0 4 14 14 1 1 9 0 1 0 11 0 0 1 1 9 1 1 1 12 2 0 0 1 1 11 0 0 0 1 1 Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 22 23 1 0 16 0 7 0 19 3
  5. (archaic) clear-lighted, not dark at all Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-wit-nl-adj-eeqrLzDZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: wijting

Noun

IPA: /ʋɪt/ Audio: Nl-wit.ogg Forms: witten [plural], witje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -ɪt Etymology: 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”). The geminate is sometimes explained as being the result of Kluge's law, thus from a pre-Germanic *kweyd-nos. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|wit}} Middle Dutch wit, {{inh|nl|odt|*wit}} Old Dutch *wit, {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*hwīt}} Proto-West Germanic *hwīt, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*hwittaz}} Proto-Germanic *hwittaz, {{cog|gem-pro|-}} Proto-Germanic, {{cog|ine-pro|*ḱweytos||shine; bright}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos (“shine; bright”) Head templates: {{nl-noun|n|-en|+}} wit n (plural witten, diminutive witje n)
  1. (uncountable) white (color) Tags: neuter, uncountable
    Sense id: en-wit-nl-noun-8IP5OZFb
  2. (archaic) (short for doelwit (“goal, target, the white in a bullseye”)) Tags: archaic, neuter
    Sense id: en-wit-nl-noun-NjTV0fEV Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 22 23 1 0 16 0 7 0 19 3
  3. (slang) cocaine Tags: neuter, slang
    Sense id: en-wit-nl-noun-OcetgAxX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: eiwit
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ʋɪt/ Audio: Nl-wit.ogg Forms: witten [plural], witje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -ɪt Etymology: From Middle Dutch wit, from Old Dutch *witti, from Proto-West Germanic *witi, from Proto-Germanic *witją (“knowledge, reason”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”). Related to weten (“to know”), wis (“knowledge”) and wijs (“wise”). Cognate with English wit, German Witz. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|wit}} Middle Dutch wit, {{inh|nl|odt|*witti}} Old Dutch *witti, {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*witi}} Proto-West Germanic *witi, {{der|nl|gem-pro|*witją||knowledge, reason}} Proto-Germanic *witją (“knowledge, reason”), {{der|nl|ine-pro|*weyd-||see, know}} Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”), {{cog|en|wit}} English wit, {{cog|de|Witz}} German Witz Head templates: {{nl-noun|n|-en|+}} wit n (plural witten, diminutive witje n)
  1. (archaic) ability to think and reason Tags: archaic, neuter
    Sense id: en-wit-nl-noun-QvTJV~Ca
  2. (archaic) knowledge Tags: archaic, neuter
    Sense id: en-wit-nl-noun-4PiVhy1l
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: wittig, wittigen, wittiger, verwittigen
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ʋɪt/ Audio: Nl-wit.ogg
Rhymes: -ɪt Etymology: 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”). The geminate is sometimes explained as being the result of Kluge's law, thus from a pre-Germanic *kweyd-nos. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|wit}} Middle Dutch wit, {{inh|nl|odt|*wit}} Old Dutch *wit, {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*hwīt}} Proto-West Germanic *hwīt, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*hwittaz}} Proto-Germanic *hwittaz, {{cog|gem-pro|-}} Proto-Germanic, {{cog|ine-pro|*ḱweytos||shine; bright}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos (“shine; bright”) Head templates: {{head|nl|verb form}} wit
  1. inflection of witten:
    first/second/third-person singular present indicative
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular, third-person Form of: witten
    Sense id: en-wit-nl-verb-aGDrP9VK Categories (other): Pages with entries, Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 1 0 4 14 14 1 1 9 0 1 0 11 0 0 1 1 9 1 1 1 12 2 0 0 1 1 11 0 0 0 1 1 Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 22 23 1 0 16 0 7 0 19 3
  2. inflection of witten:
    imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative Form of: witten
    Sense id: en-wit-nl-verb-Q7htib5D
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

{
  "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": "witbol"
    },
    {
      "_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 kwaker"
    },
    {
      "_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"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "wit"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch wit",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "*wit"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *wit",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*hwīt"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hwīt",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*hwittaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hwittaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*ḱweytos",
        "3": "",
        "4": "shine; bright"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos (“shine; bright”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "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 witte 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": "0 1 0 4 12 13 1 1 8 0 2 0 10 1 1 1 2 8 1 2 1 11 3 0 0 1 1 10 0 0 0 2 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 19 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 1 0 4 14 14 1 1 9 0 1 0 11 0 0 1 1 9 1 1 1 12 2 0 0 1 1 11 0 0 0 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 7 22 23 1 0 16 0 7 0 19 3",
          "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": "0 1 0 4 12 13 1 1 8 0 2 0 10 1 1 1 2 8 1 2 1 11 3 0 0 1 1 10 0 0 0 2 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 19 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 1 0 4 14 14 1 1 9 0 1 0 11 0 0 1 1 9 1 1 1 12 2 0 0 1 1 11 0 0 0 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 7 22 23 1 0 16 0 7 0 19 3",
          "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": [],
      "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/"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪt"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Kluge's law"
  ],
  "word": "wit"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "eiwit"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
            "2": "wit"
          },
          "expansion": "Afrikaans: wit",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Afrikaans: wit"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
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          "_dis": "0 1 0 4 14 14 1 1 9 0 1 0 11 0 0 1 1 9 1 1 1 12 2 0 0 1 1 11 0 0 0 1 1",
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      "word": "witje"
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      "word": "witte fosfor"
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    {
      "word": "witte kaketoe"
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    {
      "word": "witte klaver"
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    {
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    {
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    {
      "word": "witte kwikstaart"
    },
    {
      "word": "witte neushoorn"
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    {
      "word": "witte reiger"
    },
    {
      "word": "witte toorts"
    },
    {
      "word": "witte vloed"
    },
    {
      "word": "wittebrood"
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    {
      "word": "witten"
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      "word": "witwanghoenderkoet"
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch wit, from Old Dutch *witti, from Proto-West Germanic *witi, from Proto-Germanic *witją (“knowledge, reason”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”).\nRelated to weten (“to know”), wis (“knowledge”) and wijs (“wise”). Cognate with English wit, German Witz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "witten",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "wit n (plural witten, diminutive witje n)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "wit"
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "wittig"
    },
    {
      "word": "wittigen"
    },
    {
      "word": "wittiger"
    },
    {
      "word": "verwittigen"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ability to think and reason"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ability",
          "ability"
        ],
        [
          "think",
          "think"
        ],
        [
          "reason",
          "reason"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) ability to think and reason"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "knowledge"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "knowledge",
          "knowledge"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) knowledge"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʋɪt/"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wit"
}

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