geweld

Sentences

Maar we zijn ook getuige geweest van geweld .

But we have also witnessed violence.

Er wordt echt met ongelooflijk veel geweld tegen de bevolking opgetreden .

The repression is extremely violent.

Geweld is geen
🙅

privéaangelegenheid.

Violence is not a private matter.

Er is toenemend geweld tegen journalisten en activisten van maatschappelijke organisaties .

There is growing violence against journalists and civil society activists.

Meaning

wellen

heftigheid

onstuimigheid

gewelddaad

met geweld

βία

Gewalttaten

balìa

عُنْف

violentia

βια

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɣəˈʋɛlt/

Inherited from Middle Dutch

Inherited from Old Dutch

Cognate with English

Cognate with German

In summary

From Middle Dutch gewelt, influenced by umlauted geweldich (modern geweldig), from Old Dutch giwalt, ultimately pertaining to Proto-West Germanic *ga- and *waldōn (“to govern, rule”). Cognate with English wald, German Gewalt.

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