venster

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch venster, from Latin fenestra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛnstər/

• Audio; [ˈfẽ̞ːstəɾ]:

  (file)

Noun

venster (plural vensters)

1. window

Descendants

• → Fanagalo: festel
• → Sotho: fenstere
• → Xhosa: ifestile
• → Zulu: ifasitela

Danish

Adjective

venster

1. misspelling of venstre

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch venster, venstre, veinster, from Old Dutch fenstar, from Latin fenestra. The computing sense is a calque of English window.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛn.stər/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ven‧ster
• Rhymes: -ɛnstər

Noun

venster n (plural vensters, diminutive venstertje n)

1. window

   Synonym: raam

2. (computing) window

Usage notes

• In the Netherlands, this word is today less common than its synonym raam; this does not however apply to the computing sense.

Derived terms

• vensterbank
• vensterglas
• vensterruit

Descendants

• Afrikaans: venster
  • → Fanagalo: festel
  • → Sotho: fenstere
  • → Xhosa: ifestile
  • → Zulu: ifasitela
• Berbice Creole Dutch: fensre
• Jersey Dutch: väänster, fäängster
• Negerhollands: fenter, venstu, venster
• Sranan Tongo: fensre
  • Aukan: fensee
  • Saramaccan: fensë
  • → Caribbean Javanese: fénsré
  • → Kari'na: fensere
• → Lokono: penster

Anagrams

• sterven, streven, venters

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• fënster

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German fënstar, from Latin fenestra (“window”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈvɛns̠tər/, /ˈfɛns̠tər/

Noun

vënster n

1. window

Declension

Declension of vënster (strong neuter with null plural)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	daȥ	vënster	diu	vënster
genitive	eines	dës	vënsters, vënsteres	dër	vënster, vënstere
dative	eime	dëm	vënster, vënstere	dën	vënstern, vënsteren
accusative	ein	daȥ	vënster	diu	vënster

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Pfeister, Pfäischter, Feister, Fäischter, Pfenster

  Swabian: Fenschdr, Feaschter

• Bavarian:

  Cimbrian: béestar

• Central Franconian:

  Hunsrik: Fenster

  Luxembourgish: Fënster

• East Central German:

  Erzgebirgisch: Fansder

  Upper Saxon German: Fensdor

  Vilamovian: faonster

• East Franconian:
• German: Fenster
  • → English: fenster
  • → North Frisian: Fenster
• Rhine Franconian:

  Frankfurterisch: [fenz̥d̥æ̆]

  Palatine German: Fenschder

  Pennsylvania German: Fenschder

• Yiddish: פֿענצטער (fentster)