herfst

Meaning

autumn, fall

Concepts

autumn

fall

season

Fall

Synonyms

najaar

herfst-

jaargetijde

seizoen

najaars-

herfstdag

Translations

automne

Herbst

otoño

outono

autunno

sonbahar

autumnus

φθινόπωρο

tardor

güz

خريف

auton

payiz

automne

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɦɛrfst/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: herfst

Inherited from Old Dutch: *hervist

Cognate with German: Herbst

Cognate with Low German: Harvst

Cognate with Western Frisian: hjerst

Cognate with English: harvest

In summary

From Middle Dutch herfst, from Old Dutch *hervist, from Proto-West Germanic *harbist, from Proto-Germanic *harbistaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kerp-. The original meaning was “harvest time”, as is seen in herfstmaand.
Cognate with German Herbst, Low German Harvst, West Frisian hjerst, English harvest; further with Latin carpere (“to pick, to pluck”), Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit, harvest”).

Sentences

Oktober is toch de maand van de herfst .

October is the month of autumn after all.

September is de laatste maand van de zomer en meteen ook het begin van de herfst .

September is the last month of summer and also the beginning of autumn.

In de herfst vallen alle bladeren van de boom .

In autumn, all the leaves fall off the tree.

Herfst is het enige woord in het Nederlands dat eindigt op vier medeklinkers .

Autumn is the only word in Dutch that ends with four consonants.