different between dutch vs jenever

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: d?ch, IPA^(key): /d?t?/
• Rhymes: -?t?

Etymology 1

Clipping of duchess

Noun

dutch (plural dutches)

1. (slang) wife

Etymology 2

See Dutch.

Verb

dutch (third-person singular simple present dutches, present participle dutching, simple past and past participle dutched)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Dutch (“treat cocoa with alkali”)

English

Alternative forms

• genever

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch jenever (“jenever”), from Dutch jeneverbes (“juniper berry”), from Latin juniperus (“juniper”).

Noun

jenever (countable and uncountable, plural jenevers)

1. A Dutch and Flemish alcoholic spirit, flavoured with juniper, rather like gin.

Synonyms

• Dutch gin

Translations

Dutch

Alternative forms

• genever

Etymology

From Middle Dutch jenever, genever, geniver, from Old French genievre (compare French genièvre), via Vulgar Latin from Latin juniperus (“juniper”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /j??ne?v?r/
• (Belgium) IPA^(key): /???ne?v?r/
• Hyphenation: je?ne?ver
• Rhymes: -e?v?r

Noun

jenever m (plural jenevers, diminutive jenevertje n)

1. jenever
   • 1814, Elias Annes Borger, "De vaderlander".

     Iö den dappren wever! / De vederbos knikt op zijn hoed; / Hij ademt wraak, heeft dorst naar bloed, / En lescht dien met jenever.

Derived terms

• bessenjenever
• graanjenever
• jeneverbes
• jeneverbrander
• jeneverfles
• jeneverkruik
• jeneverkuur
• jeneverneus
• jeneverpaleis
• jeneverstad
• Jeneverstad
• jeneverstoker
• jenevervriend
• vruchtenjenever

Descendants

• ? English: jenever
• ? Indonesian: jenever
• ? Sranan Tongo: yaneyfri