moord

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) murder, a type of killing legally in a more severe degree than homicide
2. (dated,masculine) a tragedy, something extremely grave

Verb

1. (first-person,form-of,indicative,present,singular) inflection of moorden:
2. (form-of,indicative,present,second-person,singular) inflection of moorden:
3. (form-of,imperative) inflection of moorden:

Pronounced as (IPA)

/moːrt/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch mort, from Old Dutch morth, from Proto-West Germanic *morþ, from Proto-Germanic *murþą, from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die”).

Sentences

Op de plaats van de moord hadden de onderzoekers een lege huls gevonden , maar toch was er niemand neergeschoten .

At the scene of the murder, the investigators had found an empty shell, yet no one had been shot.

De moord die daar is begaan was een diep verwerpelijke, afschuwelijke daad .

The murder that occurred there was a profoundly condemnable, abhorrent act.