wit

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. white
2. legally obtained by having paid the appropriate taxes
3. (Suriname) having a white skin colour, light-skinned (see usage note)
4. (Suriname) having a relatively light skin colour
5. (archaic) clear-lighted, not dark at all

Noun

1. (neuter,uncountable) white (color)
2. (archaic,neuter) (short for doelwit (“goal, target, the white in a bullseye”))
3. (neuter,slang) cocaine

Verb

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

Noun

1. (archaic,neuter) ability to think and reason
2. (archaic,neuter) knowledge

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ʋɪt/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle Dutch wit, from Old Dutch *wit, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīt, from Proto-Germanic *hwittaz. The geminate is unexpected as the usual Proto-Germanic form is *hwītaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos (“shine; bright”).
The geminate is sometimes explained as being the result of Kluge's law, thus from a pre-Germanic *kweyd-nos.

Sinne

De chocolade was wit en daar hield ze niet van .

The chocolate was white and she didn't like that.