quaet

quaet

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *kwāt, from Proto-West Germanic *kwād.

Adjective

quâet

1. evil
2. bad
3. wrong
4. criminal
5. angry
6. bad, of low quality
7. sick, ill

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: kwaad
• Limburgish: kwaod

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *kwāt, from Proto-West Germanic *kwād.

Noun

quâet ?

1. evil
2. badness
3. misfortune, disaster
4. disease

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: kwaad
• Limburgish: kwaod

Further reading

• “quaet (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “quaet (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “quaet (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “quaet (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II