quaet

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *kwāt, from Proto-West Germanic *kwād.

Adjective

quâet

  1. evil
  2. bad
  3. wrong
  4. criminal
  5. angry
  6. bad, of low quality
  7. sick, ill
Inflection
Adjective
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative indefinite qu​âet qu​âte qu​âet qu​âte
definite qu​âte qu​âte
accusative indefinite qu​âten qu​âte qu​âet qu​âte
definite qu​âte
genitive indefinite qu​âets qu​âter qu​âets qu​âter
definite qu​âets, qu​âten qu​âets, qu​âten
dative qu​âten qu​âter qu​âten qu​âten
Descendants
  • Dutch: kwaad
  • Limburgish: kwaod

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *kwāt, from Proto-West Germanic *kwād.

Noun

quâet n

  1. evil
  2. badness
  3. misfortune, disaster
  4. disease
Inflection
Strong neuter noun
singular plural
nominative quâet quâet, quâde
accusative quâet quâet, quâde
genitive quâets quâde
dative quâde quâden


Descendants

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