betweter

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ca. 1600, from obsolete bet weten (“to know better”) +‎ -erCategory:Dutch terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)#BETWETER, thus “better-knower”, one who always knows it better. Bet was the adverbial form of beter (“better”). Compare German Besserwisser.

Pronunciation

Noun

betweter m (plural betweters, diminutive betwetertje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#BETWETERCategory:Dutch nouns#BETWETERCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -s#BETWETERCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#BETWETERCategory:Dutch masculine nouns#BETWETERCategory:Pages with entries#BETWETERCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BETWETER

  1. know-it-all
    Synonym: weetal

Derived terms

Category:nl:People#BETWETER
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