zicht

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zɪxt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: zicht
  • Rhymes: -ɪxt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch sichte, from Old Dutch *siht, from Proto-West Germanic *sihti. Equivalent to zien (to see) +‎ -t (verbal noun).

Noun

zicht n (plural zichten, diminutive zichtje n)

  1. sight, view, vision
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch sichte (short, light scythe). Cognate to English scythe.

Alternative forms

Noun

zicht f (plural zichten, diminutive zichtje n)

  1. sickle (short scythe)
    Synonym: sikkel