subiet

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (Netherlands, formal) immediately, at once
2. (Belgium, dialectal) later on

Sinonieme

dadelijk

meteen

op staande voet

aanstonds

🔜

schielijk

zo

pressant

brandend

direct

dringend

‼️

nijpend

spoedeisend

‼️

Vertalings

gleich

sofort

umgehend

immediately

immédiatement

sogleich

sem demora

alsbald

directamente

flugs

right now

imediatamente

ακαριαίος

forthwith

tot seguit

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/syˈbit/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle Dutch: subiet

In summary

From Middle Dutch subiet, subijt (“sudden”), from Middle French subit (“sudden”), from Latin subitus (“sudden”) or subitō (“suddenly”).
Already in early modern Dutch the meaning “immediately” appeared. The dialectal sense shift from “immediately” to “later on” is similar to English dialectal drekly from directly.