hout

From Afrikaans hout. Doublet of holt.

hout (plural houts)

1. (Rhodesia, slang, ethnic slur) A black African.

• Huot, Thou, thou

From Dutch hout.

• IPA^(key): [ɦœu̯t]

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hout (uncountable)

1. wood

• IPA^(key): /ɦɑu̯t/

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• Hyphenation: hout
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯t
• Homophones: houd, houdt, Hout

From Middle Dutch hout, from Old Dutch holt, from Proto-West Germanic *holt, from Proto-Germanic *hultą.

hout n (plural houten, diminutive houtje n)

1. wood (material)

   Dit gebouw is van hout. ― This building is made of wood.

2. particular kind of wood

   Synonym: houtsoort

   Teak is een gewaardeerd hout. ― Teak is a valued wood.

3. piece of wood, stick

• Afrikaans: hout
• Berbice Creole Dutch: hautu
• Jersey Dutch: hāut
• Negerhollands: hout, houtu, hautu
• Skepi Creole Dutch: hout
• → Papiamentu: houchi (from the diminutive)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

hout

1. inflection of houten:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

hout

1. nominative plural of hoku

• ohut, tuho, uhot

From Old Dutch holt

hout n

1. wood (material of trees)
2. piece of wood; branch, stick, beam
3. tree
4. wood, forest

• holt

• Dutch: hout
  • Afrikaans: hout
• Limburgish: hówtj

From Old Dutch *halt, from Proto-West Germanic *halt.

hout

1. lame, crippled, halt

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

hout

1. alternative spelling of out

• “hout (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “hout (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “hout (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “hout (V)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page V

From Old Frisian holt, from Proto-West Germanic *holt.

• IPA^(key): /hɔu̯t/

hout n (plural houten, diminutive houtsje)

1. wood

• “hout”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011