fiets

== Afrikaans == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch fiets, of uncertain origin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fits/ === Noun === fiets (plural fietse) bicycle, bike ==== Derived terms ==== motorfiets == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fits/, [fits] Hyphenation: fiets Rhymes: -its === Etymology 1 === Unknown. Various hypotheses exist: A corruption of French vélocipède, via an intermediate fieselepee or fietsepee. Named after bike seller E.C. Viets from Wageningen. From the dialectal verb vietsen (“to move quickly”). From German Vize as short for Vizepferd (literally “surrogate horse”). ==== Noun ==== fiets f (plural fietsen, diminutive fietsje n) bicycle Synonyms: (formal) rijwiel, (humorous) stalen ros, (archaic) wieler Gisteren heb ik een nieuwe fiets gekocht. ― Yesterday I bought a new bicycle. (motor racing) motorbike Synonyms: motorfiets, motor, motorrijwiel ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: fiets → Caribbean Javanese: pit → Dutch Low Saxon: fietse → German: Fietse → Javanese: ꦥꦶꦠ꧀ (pit)→ Indonesian: pit (“bicycle”) → West Frisian: fyts === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== fiets inflection of fietsen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative === References === === Further reading === fiets on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl