bijster
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch bijster (“away, loose”). Middle Dutch also has an adverb bijsterlijc (“ferociously”), whose meaning was later taken over by bijster.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɛi̯.stər/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: bijs‧ter
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯stər
Adjective
bijster (used only predicatively, not comparable)
- lost, missing
- Het spoor bijster zijn.
Synonyms
- kwijt
Adverb
bijster
- very