kwijt
Meaning
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- (not-comparable) rid (having lost something)
- (not-comparable) gone, lost, missing
Frequency
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.
New
kwijten
- (transitive) to lose
- (transitive) to quit
- (reflexive) to acquit oneself (of some job or task)
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