venster

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch venster, from Latin fenestra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛnstər/
  • Audio; [ˈfẽ̞ːstəɾ]:(file)

Noun

venster (plural vensters)

  1. window

Descendants

  • Fanagalo: festel
  • Sotho: fenstere
  • Xhosa: ifestile
  • Zulu: ifasitela

Danish

Adjective

venster

  1. misspelling of venstre

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch venster, venstre, veinster, from Old Dutch fenstar, from Latin fenestra. The computing sense is a calque of English window.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛn.stər/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ven‧ster
  • Rhymes: -ɛnstər

Noun

venster n (plural vensters, diminutive venstertje n)

  1. window
    Synonym: raam
  2. (computing) window

Usage notes

  • In the Netherlands, this word is today less common than its synonym raam; this does not however apply to the computing sense.

Derived terms

Descendants

Anagrams

Middle High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German fenstar, from Latin fenestra (window).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈvens̠tər/, /ˈfens̠tər/

Noun

venster n

  1. window

Declension

Descendants