inborst
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Loaned from Middle High German inbrunst (“passion”), but reinterpreted as coming from in (“in”) + borst (“breast, chest”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
inborst m (plural inborsten, diminutive inborstje n)
References[edit]
- Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “inborst”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001