Adjective: wit
Indefinite Forms
| masc. & fem. | witte |
| neuter | wit |
Comparison Forms
| Positive | witte |
| Comparative | wittere |
| Superlative | witste |
Sample Sentences
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De muur is wit. (The wall is white.)
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Ze droeg een witte jurk tijdens het feest. (She wore a white dress at the party.)
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Zijn tanden zijn witter dan die van haar. (His teeth are whiter than hers.)
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Zijn inkomen is volledig wit. (His income is fully legal and taxed.)
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Veel mensen streven ernaar om een wit inkomen te hebben. (Many people aim to have a white, or legally obtained income.)
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De lang gewenste dag verscheen, heel klaar en wit. (The long-wished-for day appeared, very clear and white.)
Adjectives inflected like wit
nauwgezet,
sneeuwwit,
moddervet,
afgeplat,
gevat,
gezet,
bigot,
onnut,
koket,
kapot,
fit,
mat,
bot,
hot,
nat,
net,
nut,
kut,
pet,
vet, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
1. 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”).
2. The geminate is sometimes explained as being the result of Kluge's law, thus from a pre-Germanic *kweyd-nos.
Verbs referencing "wit"
English Adjectives
white, Gothic Adjectives
𐍈𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍃.
Translations