ooft
English
Interjection
ooft
- Alternative form of oof.
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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch ovet (“fruit”), from Old Dutch ovit (“fruit”), from Proto-Germanic *ubatją (“fruit, produce, increase”), from a compound whose first element represents Proto-Indo-European *obʰi-, *ebʰi-, *bʰi- (“on, toward, from, by”), and whose second element is Proto-Germanic *at-, *ēta- (“edibles, food”), from Proto-Germanic *etaną (“to eat”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”). Cognate with English ovest, Low German Aaft, German Obst.
Pronunciation
Noun
ooft n (plural ooften, diminutive ooftje n)
- tree fruit
- fruit in general
Synonyms
- (tree fruit): boomvruchten
- (fruit): fruit, vruchten
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