zoet

Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ut
  • IPA(key): /zut/

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch soete, from Old Dutch *suoti, from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz, from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂dus. Cognate with Low German sööt, West Frisian swiet, German süß, English sweet, Danish sød.

Adjective

zoet (comparative zoeter, superlative zoetst)

  1. sweet.
Inflection
Inflection 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
See also

Noun

zoet n (uncountable)

  1. sweets
  2. (figuratively) good things in life
  3. an endearment similar to English sweetie or sweetheart.

Verb

zoet

  1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of zoeten
  2. imperative of zoeten

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch soet (soot). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sōtą (lit. "what sits on", whence "soot"), a derivation of *sitjaną (to sit), whence also Dutch zitten (to sit). Cognate to English soot.

Noun

zoet n (uncountable)

  1. (dated) soot
Synonyms
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