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36 sign languages with signs. Signs are shown in SignWriting, never as notation.

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Middle Dutch

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Middle Dutch
het[het]
pron
A pronoun used to refer to a third-person singular object or concept.

“Het was goet.”

It was good.

Also means
  1. it

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 4 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Middle Dutch
esMeans het
pron
A Middle Dutch pronoun meaning of him or of it. It serves as the genitive form of the pronouns hi and het.

“Hi es meester.”

He is master.

Also means
  1. genitive of hi
  2. genitive of het
  3. of him

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 4 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Middle Dutch
et[et]Means het
pron
A shorter, alternative way to say the neuter pronoun 'it' or the article 'the'.

“Et is goet.”

It is good.

Also means
  1. alternative form of het

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 4 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Middle Dutch
hit[hɪt]Means het
pron
This is an alternative way to write the word 'het', which means 'it' in English.

“Hit is goet.”

It is good.

Also means
  1. alternative form of het
  2. it

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 4 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Middle Dutch
neAppears in an example
adv
A word used to make a sentence negative.

“Ik ne weet het niet.”

I do not know it.

Also means
  1. not

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 4 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Middle Dutch
bocAppears in an example
noun
A male goat, often called a billygoat. It is a common farm animal.

“Die boc eet het gras in het veld.”

The buck eats the grass in the field.

Also means
  1. buck
  2. billygoat
  3. he-goat
  4. male goat

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 4 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Middle Dutch
dalAppears in an example
noun
A low area of land between hills or mountains. It can also refer to any dip or hole in the ground.

“De rivier stroomt door het dal.”

The river flows through the valley.

Also means
  1. valley
  2. dip, lower area in the landscape
  3. hole

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 4 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Middle Dutch
lamAppears in an example
noun
A young sheep.

“Het kleine lam liep in de wei.”

The little lamb walked in the meadow.

Also means
  1. lamb

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 4 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Middle Dutch
sêeAppears in an example
noun
The large body of salt water that covers much of the Earth's surface.

“Het schip vaart op de diepe sêe.”

The ship sails on the deep sea.

Also means
  1. sea

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 4 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Middle Dutch
acht[axt]Appears in an example
num
The number that follows seven. This is an alternative spelling for the word achte.

“Het duerde acht uren.”

It lasted eight hours.

Also means
  1. alternative form of achte
  2. eight

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 4 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Middle Dutch
hôopAppears in an example
noun
A large pile of things or a group of people and animals.

“Er was een grote hôop hout in het veld.”

There was a large heap of wood in the field.

Also means
  1. heap, pile
  2. group of people or animals, troop, herd
  3. meeting
  4. heap

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 4 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Middle Dutch
tien[tiən]Appears in an example
num
The number that comes after nine and before eleven.

“Zij gaf hem tien gulden voor het werk.”

She gave him ten guilders for the work.

Also means
  1. ten

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 4 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Middle Dutch
worstAppears in an example
noun
A food item made of ground meat, often stuffed into a casing.

“Hij eet een stuk worst bij het middageten.”

He eats a piece of sausage with lunch.

Also means
  1. sausage

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 4 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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