zeug

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch soge, suege, from Old Dutch *soga, from Proto-West Germanic *sugu. The regular form in Middle Dutch was soge with a back vowel, with fronted suege occurring only in the western dialects. The original form is still found dialectally as zoog.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /zøːx/
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  • Hyphenation: zeug
  • Rhymes: -øːx

Noun

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zeug f (plural zeugen, diminutive zeugje n)

  1. sow (female pig)
    Synonyms: keu, mot
  2. (figuratively, derogatory) bitch, cow, blatant term of abuse for a 'beastly' human female

Hypernyms

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Coordinate terms

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  • beer (boar, male pig)
  • big (piglet, young pig)

Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: sog