wit

Meaning

Adj

1. white
2. legally obtained by having paid the appropriate taxes
3. (Suriname) having a white skin colour, light-skinned (see usage note)
4. (Suriname) having a relatively light skin colour
5. (archaic) clear-lighted, not dark at all

Noun

1. (neuter, uncountable) white (color)
2. (archaic, neuter) (short for doelwit (“goal, target, the white in a bullseye”))
3. (neuter, slang) cocaine

Verb

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

Noun

1. (archaic, neuter) ability to think and reason
2. (archaic, neuter) knowledge

witten

1. to whiten, bleach
2. to guise something illegal as legal, e.g. to launder (money)

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Concepts

white

purpose

goal

target

aim

blank

objective

butt

intent

end

🔚

plan

intention

White

hoary

whiteness

yola

coca

coke

ofay

silvery

snow

❄️

toot

white horse

white person

cocaine

street drug

nose candy

white lady

Bolivian marching powder

abstract term

Synonyms

doel

honk

🏠

doelwit

doelstelling

blank

zin

voornemen

toeleg

strekking

grijs

bedoeling

plan

borie

blanke

bleek

cocaïne

smetteloos

sneeuw

❄️

blankheid

coke

witheid

kogge

cocaïne

basterdsuiker

Translations

blanco

weiß

blanc

branco

bianco

blanc

albus

beyaz

ak

candidus

spî

weiss

أبيض

Weiß

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʋɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: wit

Inherited from Old Dutch: *wit

Inherited from Old Dutch: *witti

Cognate with English: wit

Cognate with German: Witz

In summary

From Middle Dutch wit, from Old Dutch *wit, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīt, from Proto-Germanic *hwittaz. The geminate is unexpected as the usual Proto-Germanic form is *hwītaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos (“shine; bright”).
The geminate is sometimes explained as being the result of Kluge's law, thus from a pre-Germanic *kweyd-nos.

Sentences

De chocolade was wit en daar hield ze niet van .

The chocolate was white and she didn't like that.