duin

From Dutch duin, from Middle Dutch dûne, from Old Dutch dūn, dūno, from Proto-West Germanic *dūnā.

• IPA^(key): /dœi̯n/

duin (plural duine, diminutive duintjie)

1. A dune.

• duinebesie

From Middle Dutch dûne, from Old Dutch dūn, dūno, from Proto-West Germanic *dūnā, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold, rampart”).

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• IPA^(key): /dœy̯n/
• Hyphenation: duin
• Rhymes: -œy̯n

duin f (plural duinen, diminutive duintje n)

1. a dune

• Afrikaans: duin

duin

1. present participle of dae; doing
2. (rare) past participle of dae; done

• “dae”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.