Masculine
tocht
Meaning
- (masculine) journey, expedition, march
- (masculine) draught, air current
- (masculine) a small waterway that connects all the other waterways in a polder to a pump, windmill or sluice
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/tɔxt/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle Dutch tocht or tucht, from Old Dutch *tuht, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tuhtiz, cognate to German Zucht. Equivalent to tijgen (“to go, pull”) + -t (“verbal noun”). Doublet of tucht.
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