Afrikaans

Pronoun

iets

1. something

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -its
• IPA^(key): /its/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch iet, from Middle Dutch iewet, a contraction of Old Dutch iowiht. The Middle Dutch word is formed out of the articles Old Dutch ie- meaning 'anything', and a second article corresponding with Middle Dutch wicht, 'creature', of which its original meaning likely has been 'thing'.

In the word, the suffix -s has been shaped under influence of the older Old Dutch niets wherein -s is the ending of an old partitive genitive.

Pronoun

iets

1. something

   Mag het iets meer zijn? : May it be something more?

   Mag het iets minder zijn? : May it be something less?

2. anything

   Anders nog iets? : Anything else? (literally: anything other still?)

Derived terms

• ietsje

Anagrams

• eist

Latvian

Participle

iets (def. ietais)

1. gone; indefinite past passive participle of iet 

   ar mazo spēkstaciju atbalstu ir iets par tālu‎ ― as for (lit. with) the support for small power plants (it) is gone too far

   atceries kādreiz takas, kas ietas‎ ― remember sometime the paths that were gone (= gone by, traveled)

Declension