Neuter

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zwijn

Meaning

(neuter) pig
(neuter) swine, fiend (of a person)
(neuter, slang) bicycle

zwijnevlees

boemelaar

brasser

zwijnjak

zwierbol

γουρούνι

pòrc

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/zʋɛi̯n/

Inherited from Middle Dutch

swijn

Inherited from Old Dutch

*swīn

In summary

From Middle Dutch swijn, from Old Dutch *swīn, from Proto-West Germanic *swīn, from Proto-Germanic *swīną, from an adjectival form of Proto-Indo-European *suH-.

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