kuis

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

chaste, morally pure, clean, virgin

Noun

a cleansing, cleaning(-up)

Noun

1. (feminine, regional) a (bovine) calf, notably under 9 months old
2. (feminine, regional) a pig

Noun

a (playing) marble

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of kuisen:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of kuisen:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of kuisen:

Noun

club, knobstick

kuisen

• Verb
• Noun

Lees meer

Teenoorgestelde van

onkuis, onzedig

Sinonieme

eerbaar

rein

zedig

bescheiden

discreet

terughoudend

Vertalings

keusch

chaste

chaste

casto

casto

züchtig

pure

puro

iffetli

continent

casto

αγνός

pudico

vestal

namuslu

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/kœy̯s/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle Dutch: cuusch

Verwante met Engels: conscious

Verwante met Duits: keusch

Geërf van Middle Dutch: cuse

Verwante met Middle Low German: kuse

In summary

From Middle Dutch cuusch (“chaste”), from Latin conscius (“conscious”), a compound of com- (“together”) + scire (“to know”). Cognate with English conscious, German keusch.