venster

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch venster, from Latin fenestra.

Pronunciation

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Noun

venster (plural vensters)

1. window

Descendants

• → Fanagalo: festel
• → Sotho: fenstere
• → Xhosa: ifestile
• → Zulu: ifasitela

Danish

Adjective

venster

1. Misspelling of venstre.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch venster, venstre, veinster, from Old Dutch fenstar, from Latin fenestra. The computing sense is a loan translation of English window.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛn.stər/

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• Hyphenation: ven‧ster
• Rhymes: -ɛnstər

Noun

venster n (plural vensters, diminutive venstertje n)

1. window
2. (computing) window

Synonyms

• raam

Derived terms

• vensterbank
• vensterglas
• vensterruit

Descendants

• Afrikaans: venster
  • → Fanagalo: festel
  • → Sotho: fenstere
  • → Xhosa: ifestile
  • → Zulu: ifasitela
• Berbice Creole Dutch: fensre
• Jersey Dutch: väänster, fäängster
• Negerhollands: fenter, venstu, venster
• Sranan Tongo: fensre
  • Aukan: fensee
  • Saramaccan: fensë
  • → Caribbean Javanese: fénsré
  • → Kari'na: fensere
• → Lokono: penster

Anagrams

• sterven, streven, venters

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• fenster

Etymology

From Old High German fenstar, from Latin fenestra (“window”).

Noun

venster n

1. window

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Pfeister, Pfäischter, Feister, Fäischter, Pfenster

  Swabian: Fenschdr, Feaschter

• Bavarian:

  Cimbrian: béestar

• Central Franconian:

  Hunsrik: Fenster

  Luxembourgish: Fënster

• East Central German:

  Erzgebirgisch: Fansder

  Upper Saxon German: Fensdor

  Vilamovian: faonster

• East Franconian:
• German: Fenster
  • → English: fenster
  • → North Frisian: Fenster
• Rhine Franconian:

  Frankfurterisch: [fenz̥d̥æ̆]

  Palatine German: Fenschder

  Pennsylvania German: Fenschder

• Yiddish: פֿענצטער (fentster)