gracht

See also: Gracht

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • (canal, grave): graft (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gracht, from Old Dutch *graft, *graht, from Proto-Germanic *graftuz.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑxt
  • IPA(key): /ɣrɑxt/

Noun

Een gracht in Amsterdam.
A canal in Amsterdam.

gracht f, m (plural grachten, diminutive grachtje n)

  1. (Netherlands) canal (in a city, with houses on each side)
    Synonym: rui
  2. (Belgium) ditch, trench (in the countryside, referring to both those that contain water and those that are dry)
    • 2017 January 10, Het Laatste Nieuws, "Monsterfile op E17 na ongeval in Destelbergen, vrachtwagen in gracht op E40".
      Op de E40 tussen Beernem en Aalter kreeg een vrachtwagen rond 7 uur 's morgens een klapband. Hierdoor belandde de vrachtwagen, die geladen was met aarde, op zijn zijkant in de gracht.
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    Synonyms: gleuf, greppel, geul, rui, sloot

Derived terms

Descendants

Noun

gracht n (plural grachten, diminutive grachtje n)

  1. (obsolete) grave

See also


Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *graft, *graht, from Proto-Germanic *graftuz.

Noun

gracht f, n

  1. (neuter) grave
  2. ditch, canal, dug watercourse
  3. groove

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • Dutch: gracht
  • Limburgish: grach

Further reading

  • gracht”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • gracht”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

West Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch gracht.

Noun

gracht c (plural grachten, no diminutive)

  1. Alternative form of grêft.
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