houwen

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɦɑu̯ə(n)/ Hyphenation: houwen Rhymes: -ɑu̯ən === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch houwen, from Old Dutch houwan, from Proto-West Germanic *hauwan, from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną (“to hew, forge”). ==== Verb ==== houwen (intransitive) to hew ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Papiamentu: houw (dated) === Etymology 2 === From houden, with weakening of intervocalic -d- as is common in Dutch, particularly in informal usage; compare rode/rooie, leder/leer, raden/raaien and so forth. ==== Verb ==== houwen (informal) pronunciation spelling of houden == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch houwan, from Proto-West Germanic *hauwan, from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną (“to hew, forge”). === Verb === houwen to chop, to hew to chop down, to fell to chop into pieces to slash ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: houwen Afrikaans: hou Limburgish: houwe === Further reading === “houwen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “houwen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN