Talk:heus

The third meaning of the Dutch word I added might be Flemish.

In any case, in the Flemish texts I consume, the 'impressive for being undistinguishable from the real' meaning is the only way the word is used, typically for making announcements of events sound appealing. I know the 'polite' and the 'real' ('unfake') meanings, but they are never used in Flanders. Maybe the 'impressive' nuance is added there because the word is perceived as Netherlandic Dutch, which is a more prestigious variant of Dutch.

The Flemish use of 'heus' might therefore be autological: 'impressive for being (announced as) undistinguishable from the real' Netherlandic Dutch word.