zoet
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zut/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: zoet
- Rhymes: -ut
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch soete, from Old Dutch suoti, from Proto-West Germanic *swōtī, from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz, from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂dus.
Adjective
zoet (comparative zoeter, superlative zoetst)
- sweet-tasting
- sweet, pleasant
- calm; well-behaved, like an obedient child
- Synonym: braaf
- fresh, potable, not saline
Declension
| Declension of zoet | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | zoet | |||
| inflected | zoete | |||
| comparative | zoeter | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | zoet | zoeter | het zoetst het zoetste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | zoete | zoetere | zoetste |
| n. sing. | zoet | zoeter | zoetste | |
| plural | zoete | zoetere | zoetste | |
| definite | zoete | zoetere | zoetste | |
| partitive | zoets | zoeters | — | |
Derived terms
- allerzoetst
- appelzoet
- bitterzoet
- mierzoet
- ontzoeten
- verzoeten
- zeemzoet
- zoet water
- zoetachtig
- zoete inval
- zoetekauw
- zoeten
- zoeterik
- zoetgevooisd
- zoetheid
- zoethouder
- zoethout
- zoetig
- zoetje
- zoetjes aan
- zoetsappig
- zuurzoet
Descendants
- Afrikaans: soet
- Berbice Creole Dutch: suti, sutu
- Negerhollands: soet, sut
- Petjo: soet
- Skepi Creole Dutch: soot
See also
Etymology 2
From the adjective zoet.
Noun
zoet n (uncountable)
- the sweet taste
- sweets, such as candy
- (figuratively) good things in life
- an endearment similar to English sweetie or sweetheart
Etymology 3
From Middle Dutch soet, from Proto-Germanic *sōtą.
Noun
zoet n (uncountable)
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
zoet
- inflection of zoeten:
- first/second/third-person singular present indicative
- imperative