wees

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (feminine, masculine) an orphan, person or animal having survived both parents
2. (feminine, masculine) an orphaned one, left out of a sequence

Verb

1. (form-of, imperative) imperative of zijn
2. (form-of, imperative) imperative of wezen

Verb

singular past indicative of wijzen

wezen

• Verb
• Noun
• Noun

Lees meer

wijzen

• Verb
• Noun
• Noun

Lees meer

zijn

• Verb
• Det

Lees meer

Sinonieme

weesjongen

weeskind

weesmeisje

ouderloos

Vertalings

orphan

orphelin

Waise

órfão

huérfano

orfano

ορφανός

Waisenkind

orfe

Waisenknabe

órfã

huérfana

يتيم

yetim

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ʋeːs/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle Dutch: wêse

Geërf van Old Dutch: wēso

Verwante met Duits: Waise

Verwante met Middle Low German: wêse

Verwante met Old English:

In summary

From Middle Dutch wêse, from Old Dutch wēso, from Proto-West Germanic *waiso, of uncertain origin, with no solid cognates outside of Germanic; possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂ (“widow”).
Cognate with German Waise, Middle Low German wêse, probably Old English *wāsa (in wuduwāsa).

Sinne

Wees alsjeblieft voorzichtig met die krokodil .

Please be careful with that crocodile.