meug

Dutch

Etymology

Deverbal from mogen (“to may; to like”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /møːx/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -øːx

Noun

meug m (uncountable, diminutive meugje n or meugske n)

  1. taste; one's liking or preference

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “meug”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Limburgish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Older Limburgish muuedge, which is a conjugation of moeadj; also compare -mooj, as in ermooj (“poverty”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [møː˨x]

Adjective

meug (comparative meuger, superlative meugs, predicative superlative 't meugs)

  1. tired
  2. enough
  3. too much

Inflection

Declension of meug
number & gender masculine feminine neuter
singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative meuge meug meug meug meug meug
genitive meugs meuger meuger meuger meugs meuger
locative meuges meuges meuges meuges meuges meuges
vocative1 meug
dative2 meuge meugen meuger meugen meug meugen
accusative2 meuge meugen meug meug meug meugen
1Limited to a few fossilized forms.
2Nowadays obsolete, use the nominative instead.

Derived terms

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