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Definition 2024
zoet
zoet
Dutch
Adjective
zoet (comparative zoeter, superlative zoetst)
Inflection
| Inflection of zoet | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | zoet | |||
| inflected | zoete | |||
| comparative | zoeter | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | zoet | zoeter | het zoetst het zoetste |
|
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | zoete | zoetere | zoetste |
| n. sing. | zoet | zoeter | zoetste | |
| plural | zoete | zoetere | zoetste | |
| definite | zoete | zoetere | zoetste | |
| partitive | zoets | zoeters | — | |
Derived terms
See also
Noun
zoet n (uncountable)
- sweets
- (figuratively) good things in life
- an endearment similar to English sweetie or sweetheart.
Verb
zoet
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of zoeten
- imperative of zoeten
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch soet (“soot”). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sōtą (“lit. "what sits on", whence "soot"”), a derivation of *sitjaną (“to sit”), whence also Dutch zitten (“to sit”). Cognate to English soot.
Noun
zoet n (uncountable)
- (dated) soot