zelf
Signification (English)
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- (emphatic, intensifier) oneself, referring to the subject of a sentence: myself, yourself, itself, ourselves, themselves etc.
- oneself, by oneself, alone
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Prononcé comme (IPA)
/zɛlf/
Etymology (English)
From Middle Dutch self, from Old Dutch self, *selvo, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ- (“one's own”), from *s(w)e- (“separate, apart”). Compare Low German sulv, West Frisian self, English self, German selbst, selber, Danish selv.
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