gracht

== English == === Etymology === From Dutch gracht. === Noun === gracht (plural grachts) A canal in a city, with houses on each side. == Dutch == === Alternative forms === graft (canal, grave, obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle Dutch gracht, from Old Dutch *graft, *graht, from Proto-Germanic *graftuz. Equivalent to graven (“to dig”) +‎ -t (“verbal noun”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɣrɑxt/ Hyphenation: gracht Rhymes: -ɑxt Homophone: Gracht === Noun === gracht f or m (plural grachten, diminutive grachtje n) (Netherlands) canal (in a city, with houses on each side) Synonym: rui (Belgium) ditch, trench (in the countryside, referring to both those that contain water and those that are dry) 2017 January 10, Het Laatste Nieuws, "Monsterfile op E17 na ongeval in Destelbergen, vrachtwagen in gracht op E40". Synonyms: gleuf, greppel, geul, rui, sloot ==== Derived terms ==== grachtengordel grachtenhuis grachtenpand slotgracht vestgracht ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: grag → English: gracht → German: Gracht → Papiamentu: gracht (dated) → West Frisian: gracht === Noun === gracht n (plural grachten, diminutive grachtje n) (obsolete) grave ==== See also ==== kanaal == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch *graft, *graht, from Proto-Germanic *graftuz. === Noun === gracht m or f or n (neuter) grave ditch, canal, dug watercourse groove ==== Inflection ==== ==== Alternative forms ==== graft (Hollandic) ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: gracht, graft (canal, grave, obsolete)Afrikaans: grag→ English: gracht→ German: Gracht→ Papiamentu: gracht (dated)→ West Frisian: gracht Limburgish: grach === Further reading === “gracht”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “gracht”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN == West Frisian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch gracht. === Noun === gracht c (plural grachten, diminutive grachtsje) (rare) alternative form of grêft