Scheetpulver in Low German

Pronunciation: /ʃɛɪ̯tpʊlvɐ/

noun

Syllabication: Scheet·pul·ver

Does not appear in plural n dat Scheetpulver

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advanced vocabulary

military

Low Saxon:

Explosivstoff to ’t Scheten un Sprengen

English:

gun powder

Dutch:

buskruit

German:

Schießpulver

Examples:

As Kinner hebbt wi ut Scheetpulver Sissmännkens maakt.

image illustrating the submeaning

Hustvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0

Etymology:

Compound word constructed from: scheten + Pulver

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