woestijn
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch woestine, from Old Dutch wuostinna, from Proto-West Germanic *wōstini. Cognate with German Wüste, English waste.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋusˈtɛi̯n/
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯n
audio (file) - Hyphenation: woes‧tijn
Noun
woestijn f (plural woestijnen, diminutive woestijntje n)
- desert (environmental area with very little precipitation)
Derived terms
- ijswoestijn
- rotswoestijn
- sneeuwwoestijn
- verwoestijnen
- verwoestijning
- woestijnbron
- woestijngebergte
- woestijnrat
- woestijnvijg
- woestijnzand
- zandwoestijn
- zoutwoestijn
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