beslag

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch beslach. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bəˈslɑx/
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  • Hyphenation: be‧slag
  • Rhymes: -ɑx

Noun

beslag n (plural beslagen, diminutive beslagje n)

  1. (law) arrest, detention
    in beslag nemen: to take into possession, to confiscate
  2. (metal) cover (e.g. of a book)
  3. a horseshoe
  4. a batter, a relatively fluid dough (more fluid than deeg)
  5. the state of having reached the final decision or having definitively decided upon an arrangement

Synonyms

Swedish

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Noun

beslag n

  1. a fitting, a mounting (a hinge or other metal application)
  2. a coating (mist or soot on a surface)
  3. a seizure (of illegal goods)

Declension
Declension of beslag 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative beslag beslaget beslag beslagen
Genitive beslags beslagets beslags beslagens
  • beslå
  • beslagta
  • dörrbeslag
  • järnbeslag
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