gewrocht

Dutch

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch gewrocht (“worked”), the past participle of werken (“to work”) (modern werken).

Cognate with English wrought, Low German wracht (“wrought”).

Adjective

gewrocht (comparative gewrochter, superlative gewrochtst)

  1. wrought
Declension
Declension of gewrocht
uninflected gewrocht
inflected gewrochte
comparative gewrochter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial gewrocht gewrochter het gewrochtst
het gewrochtste
indefinite m./f. sing. gewrochte gewrochtere gewrochtste
n. sing. gewrocht gewrochter gewrochtste
plural gewrochte gewrochtere gewrochtste
definite gewrochte gewrochtere gewrochtste
partitive gewrochts gewrochters —

Participle

gewrocht

  1. past participle of werken
  2. past participle of wrochten

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch gewrochte (“produced thing”), from Old Dutch *giwurht, *giwurhti, from Proto-Germanic *gawurhtiją, *gawurhtiz, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to work”).

Cognate with Old English gewyrht, geweorht, Old Saxon giwurht, Old High German giwurht, Middle High German geworhte, gewurhte, gewürhte.

Noun

gewrocht n (plural gewrochten, diminutive gewrochtje n)

  1. (archaic) creation, product
    Synonyms: creatie, maaksel, product, voortbrengsel
Derived terms
  • droomgewrocht
  • Godsgewrocht
  • kunstgewrocht
  • wangewrocht
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: gewrog
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