keten

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) chain, fetter, shackle
2. (feminine, figuratively) chain (of events or businesses)
3. (feminine, figuratively) a network of civil society organisations, healthcare institutions, government agencies, etc., working together to provide coordinated social or medical care to a specific category of patients or other citizens

Verb

to fool around noisily and hyperactively

keet

1. (feminine, masculine) a shack or stand
2. (feminine, masculine) a barrack, shed, shanty
3. (feminine, masculine) a row, unruliness, especially in keet schoppen; rumble, frolicking
4. (feminine, masculine) a salt container; a salt boiling installation

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Concepts

chain

shackle

range

cordon

frolic

fetter

restraint

restriction

curvet

make merry

Synonyms

ketting

kluister

boei

aaneenrijging

dollen

plezier maken

pret maken

ronddollen

dartelen

rollebollen

Translations

Kette

chaîne

cadeia

catena

cadena

corrente

cadena

zincir

αλυσίδα

fôlatrer

catena

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkeː.tə(n)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: ketene

Inherited from Old Dutch: *ketina

Cognate with Old High German: ketina

In summary

From Middle Dutch ketene, from Old Dutch *ketina, from Latin catēna. Compare Old High German ketina (German Kette).