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 verder

Tegenovergesteld aan

onkuis, onzedig

Synoniemen

eerbaar

rein

zedig

bescheiden

discreet

terughoudend

Vertalingen

keusch

chaste

chaste

casto

casto

züchtig

pure

puro

iffetli

continent

casto

αγνός

pudico

vestal

namuslu

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/kœy̯s/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelnederlands: cuusch

Verwant aan Engels: conscious

Verwant aan Duits: keusch

Overgenomen van Middelnederlands: cuse

Verwant aan 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.