kwijt

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch quite, from Medieval Latin quitus (“discharged, released (from debt)”), a byform of Classical Latin quiētus (“quiet”). Compare Low German quit, quiet, German quitt, Danish kvit, Swedish quitt, Icelandic kvittur. More at quit, quite.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

kwijt (not comparable)

1. lost, missing

   Zijn broodwinning is kwijt.

   His livelihood is lost.

Inflection

This adjective is only rarely used attributively.

Declension of kwijt
uninflected	kwijt
inflected	kwijte
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		kwijt
indefinite	m./f. sing.	kwijte
	n. sing.	kwijt
	plural	kwijte
definite		kwijte
partitive		kwijts

Synonyms

• bijster

Verb

kwijt

1. (deprecated template usage) first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of kwijten
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of kwijten

Anagrams

• wijkt