vocht

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (neuter, uncountable) dampness, moisture
2. (neuter, uncountable) liquid

Adj

moist

Verb

singular past indicative of vechten

Synoniemen

vochtigheid

beslaan

nattigheid

sap

vochten

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/vɔxt/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelnederlands: vucht

Overgenomen van Old Dutch: *fuhti

Verwant aan Oudengels: fuht

Verwant aan Duits: feucht

In summary

From Middle Dutch vucht, vocht. Substantivized form of an identical adjective, from Old Dutch *fuhti (“humid, wet, damp; marsh-like”), from Proto-West Germanic *fų̄ht, from Proto-Germanic *funhtijaz (“humid, wet, damp”).
In Middle Dutch the word gradually shifted from being an adjective to being a noun, with the old adjective being replaced by vochtig (“humid, wet”).
Cognate with Old English fuht (“moist, damp”) and German feucht (“wet, humid, damp”).