tocht
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See also: töcht
Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Dutch tocht or tucht, from Old Dutch *tuht, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tuhtiz, cognate to German Zucht. Equivalent to tijgen (“to go, pull”) + -t (“verbal noun”). Doublet of tucht.
Pronunciation
Noun
tocht f (plural tochten, diminutive tochtje n)
- journey, expedition, march
- Het was een lange tocht, maar gelukkig zonder problemen. ― It was a long journey, but fortunately without problems.
- draught, air current
- Je voelt de tocht door deze kier komen. ― You can feel the draught come through this crack.
- a small waterway that connects all the other waterways in a polder to a pump, windmill or sluice
- Hypernym: sloot
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “tocht”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001
West Frisian
Verb
tocht
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