beest

Meaning

  1. (neuter) An animal, a beast.
  2. (neuter) An animal kept as livestock, a head.
  3. (figuratively, neuter) A cruel, wild, uncivilised, uninhibited or brutal person.

Synonyms

wild dier

stuk vee

beestachtig mens

wild beest

wreedaard

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/beːst/
Etymology

From Middle Dutch beeste, from beste, from Old French beste, from Latin bēstia.

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