verzen

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛr.zə(n)/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ver‧zen
• Rhymes: -ɛrzən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch versene, from Old Dutch *fersana, from Proto-Germanic *fersnō, from Proto-Indo-European *tpḗrsneh₂.

Noun

verzen f (plural verzenen, diminutive verzentje n)

1. (obsolete, usually in the plural) heel

   Synonym: hiel

Usage notes

• Obsolete, but still known to some Dutch Bible Belt communities due to its use in the Statenbijbel, an authoritative Bible translation from the seventeenth century comparable to the King James Bible (see tale Kanaäns).

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

verzen

1. plural of vers