buiten
Meaning
-
outside
Frequency
Hyphenated as
bui‧ten
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbœy̯.tə(n)/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch buten, from Old Dutch *būtan, from Proto-West Germanic *biūtan (“outside of, around, without, except”), equivalent to be- + uit + -en. Cognate to English but, Luxembourgish baussen, West Frisian bûten, Saterland Frisian buute (“without”), Dutch Low Saxon buten.
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Sentences
De economische voordelen van kernenergie staan buiten kijf.
The economic efficiency of nuclear power has been proved beyond doubt.