wit

Betekenis (English)

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

Synonyms

doel

honk

🏠

doelwit

doelstelling

blank

zin

voornemen

toeleg

strekking

grijs

bedoeling

plan

borie

blanke

bleek

cocaïne

smetteloos

sneeuw

❄️

blankheid

coke

witheid

kogge

cocaïne

basterdsuiker

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ʋɪt/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Middelnederlands: wit

Inherited from Old Dutch: *wit

Inherited from Old Dutch: *witti

Cognate with Engels: wit

Cognate with Duits: Witz

In summary

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.

Zinnen

De chocolade was wit en daar hield ze niet van .

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