mooi

Sentences

Het was
🧽

mooi om te zien
👀

dat ze elkaar na al die jaren nog even graag zagen
🪚

.

It was nice to see that they still loved each other after all these years.

De pastoor vertelde een
🅰️

mooi verhaal in zijn mis .

The pastor told a beautiful story in his Mass.

De ambassade had een
🅰️

mooi pand
🏠

in het midden van de stad
🏙️

.

The embassy had a beautiful building in the middle of the city.

Dat is nou een
🅰️

mooi voorbeeld van het democratisch tekort .

This is a wonderful example of the democratic deficit.

Meaning

beautiful, pretty, handsome
nice, good

pulchrous

ωραίος

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/moːi̯/

Inherited from Middle Dutch

Inherited from Old Dutch

Cognate with Western Frisian

Cognate with Middle Low German

In summary

From Middle Dutch mooy, moy, from Old Dutch mōi (“beautiful, trim, neat”, attested in nicknames), further origin uncertain; possibly from Proto-West Germanic *mauwī (“clean, washed”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *mawjaz, *maujaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mewH- (“to wet, wash”). Further etymology unknown. Cognate with Middle Low German môi, môie (whence German Low German mooi (“beautiful”)).

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