kwijt

Meaning

kwijten

  1. (transitive) to lose
  2. (transitive) to quit
  3. (reflexive) to acquit oneself (of some job or task)

Concepts

Frequency

A2
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch quite, from Medieval Latin quitus (“discharged, released (from debt)”), a byform of Classical Latin quiētus (“quiet”). Compare Low German quit, quiet, German quitt, Danish kvit, Swedish kvitt, Icelandic kvittur. More at quit, quite.

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