2 thoughts on “ge-dwǣs-mann”

1. ‘Dwaas’ is still ‘fool’ in modern Dutch. If I read ‘gedwǣsmann’ then I could contruct ‘gedwaasde man’. This word is not actually in use in our language (except in poems), but everyone will understand what it means if I were to say it to someone.

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   • Very interesting! I love all your observations about modern Dutch words. 🙂

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