geslacht
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Dutch geslachte, from slachte, from Old Dutch slahta, from Proto-Germanic *slahtō, related to *slahaną (“to hit, strike”), compare German Geschlecht (“gender, kind, lineage”).
Noun
[edit]geslacht n (plural geslachten)
- sex
- Synonym: sekse
- gender
- Synonym: gender
- (grammar) grammatical gender
- Synonym: genus
- lineage
- Synonyms: afstamming, dynastie, huis, lijn
- Zij kwam uit het oudste geslacht van de Brabantse adel.
- She came from the eldest dynasty of Brabantian peerage.
- generation
- Roofbouw benadeelt volgende geslachten.
- Destructive overexploitation puts future generations at a disadvantage.
- (biology, taxonomy) genus
- Synonym: genus
- Hypernyms: familie, geslachtengroep
- Hyponyms: soort, ondergeslacht
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[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
[edit]geslacht
Declension
[edit]Declension of geslacht | ||||
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uninflected | geslacht | |||
inflected | geslachte | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | geslacht | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | geslachte | ||
n. sing. | geslacht | |||
plural | geslachte | |||
definite | geslachte | |||
partitive | geslachts |
West Frisian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]geslacht n (plural geslachten)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “geslacht”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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