stert

From dialectal Dutch stert, variant of staart, from Middle Dutch stert.

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stert (plural sterte, diminutive stertjie)

1. tail

• grypstert

From Old Dutch *stert, from Proto-Germanic *stertaz.

stert m

1. tail
2. behind, backside (of a human)
3. back part of something

• stāert
• stēert

• Dutch: staart
• Limburgish: stert
• West Flemish: steirt

• “stert”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “stert”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

From sterten.

stert (plural sterts)

1. start; beginning

• sterten

From Old English steort.

stert (plural sterts)

1. (anatomy) tail

• wagstert

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛrt/
• Rhymes: -ɛrt
• Syllabification: stert

stert f

1. genitive plural of sterta

• IPA^(key): /stɛrt/

stert (third-person singular simple present sterts, present participle stertin, simple past stertit, past participle stertit)

1. to start