kuis

Meaning

Adj

chaste, morally pure, clean, virgin

Noun

a cleansing, cleaning(-up)

Noun

1. (feminine, regional) a (bovine) calf, notably under 9 months old
2. (feminine, regional) a pig

Noun

a (playing) marble

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of kuisen:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of kuisen:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of kuisen:

Noun

club, knobstick

kuisen

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Concepts

chaste

pure

vestal

continent

coy

crotch

Opposite of

onkuis, onzedig

Synonyms

eerbaar

rein

zedig

bescheiden

discreet

terughoudend

Translations

keusch

chaste

casto

casto

züchtig

namuslu

αγνός

continent

casto

pudico

puro

iffetli

entrecuisse

diskret

modesto

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kœy̯s/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: cuusch

Cognate with English: conscious

Cognate with German: keusch

Inherited from Middle Dutch: cuse

Cognate with Middle Low German: kuse

In summary

From Middle Dutch cuusch (“chaste”), from Latin conscius (“conscious”), a compound of com- (“together”) + scire (“to know”). Cognate with English conscious, German keusch.