zucht

See also: Zucht

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zʏxt/

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• Hyphenation: zucht
• Rhymes: -ʏxt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch sucht, socht, from Old Dutch *suft (“sigh, sip”), from Proto-Germanic *suf- (“to sip”), from Proto-Indo-European *sū-, *sew- (“sap, moisture; to rain, drip, suck”). Cognate with Middle Low German sucht (“a sigh”), German Seufzer (“a sigh”).

Noun

zucht m (plural zuchten, diminutive zuchtje n)

1. sigh

Related terms

• zuchten

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sug

Interjection

zucht

1. sigh

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sug

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch suchte, from Old Dutch suhti, suhte (also sufte which is a hypercorrection), from Proto-Germanic *suhtiz. Cognate to German Sucht and Old Norse sótt. Related to ziek.

Noun

zucht f (plural zuchten, diminutive zuchtje n)

1. longing, desire
2. a pathological desire or craving
3. (usually used in compounds) a disease, sickness

Derived terms

• (pathological desire): bemoeizucht, hebzucht, drankzucht, eerzucht, ijverzucht, vernielzucht
• (disease): geelzucht, vetzucht

Etymology 3

Verb

zucht

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