heus
Meaning
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- friendly, polite
- real, genuine
- impressive for being indistinguishable from the real thing; nothing less than.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɦøːs/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch hovesch, and thus the same word as hoofs (“courtly”). Originally a western variant form. For the semantic and phonetic development of this word compare also German hübsch (“pretty”) and Central Franconian höösch (“careful, slow”).
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