Masculine

spoed

Sentences
An user
Ik   verzoek   u   dit   probleem   met   spoed   te   behandelen .

I would ask you to look at this matter urgently.

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Meaning

  1. (masculine, no-diminutive, uncountable) speed
  2. (masculine, no-diminutive, uncountable) hurry, haste
  3. (Belgium, masculine, no-diminutive, uncountable) emergency department of a hospital
  4. (masculine, no-diminutive, uncountable) thread pitch
  5. (masculine, no-diminutive, obsolete, uncountable) success

Concepts

speed
swiftness
promptness
rapidity
quickness
promptitude
haste
celerity
rate
urgency
velocity
rush
expedition
expedience
pace
immediate
Synonyms

vlugheid
snelheid
B1
vaart
C1
haast
A2

rapheid

radheid

gezwindheid

ijl
43k

haastigheid

tempo
B2
Translations

Geschwindigkeit
Tempo
velocità
hâte
rapidité
velocidade
rapidez
prisa
acele
Eile
Hast
andatura
fretta
pressa
Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/sput/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch
spoet
Inherited from Old Dutch
*spuot
In summary

From Middle Dutch spoet, from Old Dutch *spuot, from Proto-West Germanic *spōdi. The "emergency department" sense is a clipping of spoedafdeling.

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