woord

Etymology

From Dutch woord, from Old Dutch wort, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vʊərt/

Noun

woord (plural woorde)

1. word

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wort, from Old Dutch wort, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰh₁om.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oːrt

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• IPA^(key): /ʋoːrt/, [ʋʊːrt]

Noun

woord n (plural woorden, diminutive woordje n)

1. word

Further reading

• “woord” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.
• Matthias de Vries; Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864), “woord”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001