tempeest
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch tempeest, from Old French tempeste, from Latin tempestas.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tempeest n (plural tempeesten, diminutive tempeestje n)
- tempest, storm
- (figurative) hard time, dire straits
- 1628, Philips Marnix van Sint Aldegonde, "Wilhelmus van Nassouwe", (modern, redacted version), couplet 12.
- Zo het de wil des Heren / op dien tijd had geweest, / had ik geern willen keren / van u dit zwaar tempeest.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1628, Philips Marnix van Sint Aldegonde, "Wilhelmus van Nassouwe", (modern, redacted version), couplet 12.
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