venster

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch venster, from Latin fenestra.

Noun

venster (plural vensters)

1. window

Descendants

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

---

Danish

Adjective

venster

1. Misspelling of venstre.

---

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch venster (venstre, veinster, etc.), from Old Dutch fenstar, from Latin fenestra.

Pronunciation

• audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ven‧ster
• Rhymes: -ɛnstər

Noun

venster n (plural vensters, diminutive venstertje n)

1. window

Synonyms

• raam

Derived terms

• vensterglas
• vensterruit
• vensterbank

Descendants

• Afrikaans: venster
  • → Sotho: fenstere
  • → Xhosa: ifestile
  • → Zulu: ifasitela

Anagrams

• sterven, streven, venters

---

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German fenstar, from Latin fenestra (“window”).

Noun

venster n

1. window

Descendants

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

  Swabian: Fenschdr, Feaschter

• Cimbrian: béestar
• German: Fenster
  • → English: fenster
  • → North Frisian: Fenster
• East Central German:

  Erzgebirgisch: Fansder

  Upper Saxon German: Fensdor

• Luxembourgish: Fënster
• Rhine Franconian:

  Palatine German: Fenschder

  Pennsylvania German: Fenschder

• Vilamovian: faonster
• Yiddish: פֿענצטער (fentster)