venster
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch venster, from Latin fenestra.
Noun
venster (plural vensters)
- window
Descendants
- → Sotho: fenstere
- → Xhosa: ifestile
- → Zulu: ifasitela
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch venster (venstre, veinster, etc.), from Old Dutch fenstar, from Latin fenestra.
Pronunciation
audio (file) - Hyphenation: ven‧ster
Noun
venster n (plural vensters, diminutive venstertje n)
- window
Synonyms
- raam
Derived terms
- vensterglas
- vensterruit
- vensterbank
Descendants
- Afrikaans: venster
- → Sotho: fenstere
- → Xhosa: ifestile
- → Zulu: ifasitela
Anagrams
- sterven, streven, venters
Middle High German
Etymology
From Old High German fenstar, from Latin fenestra (“window”).
Noun
venster n
- window
Descendants
- Alemannic German: Pfeister, Pfäischter, Feister, Fäischter, Pfenster
- Swabian: Fenschdr, Feaschter
- Cimbrian: béestar
- German: Fenster
- → English: fenster
- → North Frisian: Fenster
- East Central German:
- Erzgebirgisch: Fansder
- Upper Saxon: Fensdor
- Luxembourgish: Fënster
- Rhine Franconian:
- Palatine German: Fenschder
- Pennsylvania German: Fenschder
- Vilamovian: faonster
- Yiddish: פֿענצטער (fentster)