geweld

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣəˈʋɛlt/
  • audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ge‧weld
  • Rhymes: -ɛlt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch gewelt, influenced by umlauted geweldich (modern geweldig), from Old Dutch giwalt. Cognate with English wald, German Gewalt.

Noun

geweld n (uncountable)

  1. violence
  2. strong or violent force; ferocity
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: geweld
  • Negerhollands: geweld
  • Indonesian: kekerasan (semantic loan)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

geweld

  1. (deprecated template usage) past participle of wellen
Inflection

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