Feminine

onvrede

Meaning

  1. (feminine, no-diminutive, uncountable) displeasure, unease
  2. (feminine, no-diminutive, uncountable) quarrel

Frequency

49k
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch onvrēde, from Old Dutch *unfrithu, from Proto-West Germanic *unfriþu, from Proto-Germanic *unfriþuz. By surface analysis, on- + vrede. Compare to English fray ("conflict, quarrel, heated argument,") which derives by aphesis from affray—an Old French loan—ultimately equivalent to a compound of French é- ("out, away from, de-") + Frankish *friþu (“peace, sanctuary”), thus an equivalent formation to Old English unfriþ or to onvrede.

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