Afrikaans

Adjective

mooi ‎(attributive mooie, comparative mooier, superlative mooiste)

1. beautiful, pretty

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oːi̯
• IPA^(key): /moːi̯/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch moy, from Old Dutch *mōi ‎(“nice, pleasant, clean”), from Proto-Germanic *mawjaz ‎(“clean, washed”), from Proto-Indo-European *mou-io- ‎(“washed”), from Proto-Indo-European *mū-, *mew(ə)- ‎(“to wash, wet”). Cognate with Middle Low German moie ‎(“nice, sheen”) (Low German moi ‎(“pretty, good, nice”)), Middle Low German mūten ‎(“to wash the face”), and possibly to Latin mundus ‎(“clean, neat, elegant”). More at mundation.

Adjective

mooi ‎(comparative mooier, superlative mooist)

1. beautiful, pretty, handsome

   Wat een mooi meisje.‎ ― What a beautiful girl.

   Ik ben te mooi om te werken.‎ ― I'm too beautiful to work.

2. nice, good

   Mooi werk!‎ ― Nice work!

Inflection

See also

"mooi" on etymologiebank.nl