jenever
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Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch jenever (“jenever”), from Old French genevre, from Vulgar Latin ziniperus, from Latin iūniperus (“juniper”).
Noun
jenever (countable and uncountable, plural jenevers)
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Etymology
From Middle Dutch jenever, genever, geniver, from Old French genevre, from Vulgar Latin ziniperus, from Latin iūniperus (“juniper”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
Noun
jenever m (plural jenevers, diminutive jenevertje n)
- jenever
- 1814, Elias Annes Borger, De vaderlander:
- Iö den dappren wever! / De vederbos knikt op zijn hoed; / Hij ademt wraak, heeft dorst naar bloed, / En lescht dien met jenever.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
- bessenjenever
- graanjenever
- jeneverbes
- jeneverbrander
- jeneverfles
- jeneverkruik
- jeneverkuur
- jeneverneus
- jeneverpaleis
- jeneverstad
- Jeneverstad
- jeneverstoker
- jenevervriend
- vruchtenjenever
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