getijde

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Dutch getide, from Old Dutch *gitīdi, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?]; cognates include Old High German gizīt, Old Saxon gitīd. By surface analysis, ge- +‎ tijd.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣəˈtɛi̯.də/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ge‧tij‧de
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯də

Noun

getijde n (plural getijden)

  1. a tide of the sea, either flood or ebb
  2. (Roman Catholicism) canonical hour
  3. (dated) a time (period) with a circumstantial nature; especially a season of the year

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “getijde”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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