dwerg
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch dwerg, from Middle Dutch dwerch, from Old Dutch *dwerg, from Proto-Germanic *dwergaz.
Pronunciation
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Noun
dwerg (plural dwerge, diminutive dwergie)
- dwarf (small human; small specimen, breed or species of animal)
- (fiction, folklore, fantasy, mythology) dwarf (small folkloristic humanoid)
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch dwerch, from Old Dutch *dwerg, from Proto-West Germanic *dwerg, from Proto-Germanic *dwergaz.
Compare West Frisian dwerch, German Zwerg, English dwarf, Danish dværg.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʋɛrx/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: dwerg
- Rhymes: -ɛrx
Noun
dwerg m (plural dwergen, diminutive dwergje n, feminine dwergin)
- dwarf (small human; small specimen, breed or species of animal)
- (fiction, folklore, fantasy, mythology) dwarf (small folkloristic humanoid)
Derived terms
- bruine dwerg
- dwergara
- dwergarend
- dwerggors
- dwerghaver
- dwergkolibrie
- dwergkonijn
- dwergmeeuw
- dwergmuis
- dwergpapegaai
- dwergpinguïn
- dwergplaneet
- dwergpotvis
- dwergspitsmuis
- dwergstaat
- dwergster
- dwergstern
- rode dwerg
- verdwergen
- witte dwerg
Descendants
- Afrikaans: dwerg