wees
Meaning
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- (feminine, masculine) an orphan, person or animal having survived both parents
- (feminine, masculine) an orphaned one, left out of a sequence
Synonyms
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʋeːs/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch wêse, from Old Dutch wēso, from Proto-West Germanic *waiso, of uncertain origin, with no solid cognates outside of Germanic; possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂ (“widow”). Cognate with German Waise, Middle Low German wêse, probably Old English *wāsa (in wuduwāsa).
New
wezen
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- Synonym of zijn
- (form-of, imperative, plural) imperative plural of zijn
- (proscribed, sometimes) used with an action verb in the infinitive to indicate that the action took place elsewhere and has been concluded
New
wijzen
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- (intransitive) to point
- (transitive) to point out, indicate
- (transitive) to direct to (by extension, to send to)
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zijn
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- (intransitive) to be, to exist
- (copulative, transitive) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
- (auxiliary, transitive) Used to form the perfect tense of the active voice of some verbs, together with a past participle.
- (auxiliary, transitive) Used to form the perfect tense of the active voice of some verbs, together with a past participle. Note: The perfect tense of most other verbs is formed using hebben.
- (auxiliary, transitive) Used to form the perfect tense of the passive voice, together with a past participle.
- (auxiliary, transitive) Used to form the perfect tense of the passive voice, together with a past participle. Note: The imperfect tense passive is formed using worden.
- (auxiliary, transitive) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses, together with aan het or, in archaic style, with a present participle.
- (intransitive) to go, to go on a trip and return
- (impersonal, intransitive) Used to indicate weather, temperature or some other general condition.
- (copulative, transitive) to be, to equal, to total, to amount to; used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same.
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Sentences
Wees alsjeblieft voorzichtig met die krokodil 🐊 .
🐊
Please be careful with that crocodile.
