vocht

Meaning

Noun

1. (neuter, uncountable) dampness, moisture
2. (neuter, uncountable) liquid

Adj

moist

Verb

singular past indicative of vechten

Concepts

moisture

dampness

humidity

damp

fought

wetness

Synonyms

vochtigheid

beslaan

nattigheid

sap

vochten

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vɔxt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: vucht

Inherited from Old Dutch: *fuhti

Cognate with Old English: fuht

Cognate with German: feucht

In summary

From Middle Dutch vucht, vocht. Substantivized form of an identical adjective, from Old Dutch *fuhti (“humid, wet, damp; marsh-like”), from Proto-West Germanic *fų̄ht, from Proto-Germanic *funhtijaz (“humid, wet, damp”).
In Middle Dutch the word gradually shifted from being an adjective to being a noun, with the old adjective being replaced by vochtig (“humid, wet”).
Cognate with Old English fuht (“moist, damp”) and German feucht (“wet, humid, damp”).