kuis
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Dutch cuusch (“chaste”), from Latin conscius (“conscious”), a compound of com- (“together”) + scire (“to know”). Cognate with English conscious, German keusch.
Adjective[edit]
kuis (comparative kuiser, superlative meest kuis or kuist)
Declension[edit]
Declension of kuis | ||||
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uninflected | kuis | |||
inflected | kuise | |||
comparative | kuiser | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | kuis | kuiser | het kuist het kuiste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | kuise | kuisere | kuiste |
n. sing. | kuis | kuiser | kuiste | |
plural | kuise | kuisere | kuiste | |
definite | kuise | kuisere | kuiste | |
partitive | kuis | kuisers | — |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Afrikaans: kuis
Noun[edit]
kuis m (uncountable)
Etymology 2[edit]
Related to koe. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun[edit]
kuis f (plural kuizen, diminutive kuisje n)
Alternative forms[edit]
- kuus (dialectal)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
Cf. German Low German Küsel. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun[edit]
kuis m (plural kuizen, diminutive kuisje n)
Etymology 4[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
kuis
- inflection of kuisen:
Etymology 5[edit]
From Middle Dutch cuse, related to Middle Low German kuse.
Noun[edit]
kuis f (plural kuizen, diminutive kuisje n)
Derived terms[edit]
- kuizen (“to beat to death with a hammer”)
Haitian Creole[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Noun[edit]
kuis
Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kuis (first-person possessive kuisku, second-person possessive kuismu, third-person possessive kuisnya)
- quiz
- a competition in the answering of questions.
- (education) a school examination of less importance, or of greater brevity, than others given in the same course.
Further reading[edit]
- “kuis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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