jenever

English

Alternative forms

• genever

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch jenever (“jenever”), from Old French genevre, from Vulgar Latin ziniperus, from Latin iūniperus (“juniper”).

Noun

jenever (countable and uncountable, plural jenevers)

1. A Dutch and Flemish alcoholic spirit, flavoured with juniper, rather like gin.

Synonyms

• Dutch gin

Translations

spirit

• Bulgarian: йене́вер m (jenéver)
• Dutch: jenever (nl) m
• Finnish: genever
• French: genièvre (fr) m
• Malay: jenewer
• Swedish: genever (sv) c

Dutch

Alternative forms

• genever

Etymology

From Middle Dutch jenever, genever, geniver, from Old French genevre, from Vulgar Latin ziniperus, from Latin iūniperus (“juniper”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /jəˈneːvər/

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• (Belgium) IPA^(key): /ʒəˈneːvər/
• Hyphenation: je‧ne‧ver
• Rhymes: -eːvər

Noun

jenever m (plural jenevers, diminutive jenevertje n)

1. jenever
   • 1814, Elias Annes Borger, De vaderlander:

     Iö den dappren wever! / De vederbos knikt op zijn hoed; / Hij ademt wraak, heeft dorst naar bloed, / En lescht dien met jenever.

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Derived terms

• bessenjenever
• graanjenever
• jeneverbes
• jeneverbrander
• jeneverfles
• jeneverkruik
• jeneverkuur
• jeneverneus
• jeneverpaleis
• jeneverstad
• Jeneverstad
• jeneverstoker
• jenevervriend
• vruchtenjenever

 

Descendants

• → Caribbean Javanese: jenèwer
• → English: jenever
• → Indonesian: jenewer
• → Papiamentu: yanefer, yènefer, zjenever
• → Sranan Tongo: yaneyfri
• → Swedish: genever