Etymology

From Middle Dutch vucht, vocht. Substantivized form of an identical adjective, from Old Dutch *fuhti ‎(“humid, wet, damp; marsh-like”), 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”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔxt