gracht
See also: Gracht
English
Etymology
Noun
gracht (plural grachts)
Dutch
Alternative forms
- (canal, grave): graft (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch gracht, from Old Dutch *graft, *graht, from Proto-Germanic *graftuz.
Pronunciation
Noun
gracht f or m (plural grachten, diminutive grachtje n)
- (Netherlands) canal (in a city, with houses on each side)
- Synonym: rui
- (Belgium) ditch, trench (in the countryside, referring to both those that contain water and those that are dry)
- 2017 January 10, Het Laatste Nieuws, "Monsterfile op E17 na ongeval in Destelbergen, vrachtwagen in gracht op E40".
- Op de E40 tussen Beernem en Aalter kreeg een vrachtwagen rond 7 uur 's morgens een klapband. Hierdoor belandde de vrachtwagen, die geladen was met aarde, op zijn zijkant in de gracht.
- A truck got a flat tyre on the E40 between Beernem and Aalter around 7 o'clock in the morning. This caused the truck, which was loaded with earth, to end up on its side in the ditch.
- 2017 January 10, Het Laatste Nieuws, "Monsterfile op E17 na ongeval in Destelbergen, vrachtwagen in gracht op E40".
Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
gracht n (plural grachten, diminutive grachtje n)
See also
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *graft, *graht, from Proto-Germanic *graftuz.
Noun
gracht f or n
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms
- graft (Hollandic)
Descendants
Further reading
- “gracht”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “gracht”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
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