geslacht
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣəˈslɑxt/
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Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch geslachte, from slachte, from Old Dutch slahta, from Proto-Germanic *slahtō, compare German Geschlecht (“gender, kind, lineage”).
Noun
geslacht n (plural geslachten)
- sex
- Synonym: sekse
- gender
- Synonym: gender
- (grammar) grammatical gender
- Synonym: genus
- lineage
- Zij kwam uit het oudste geslacht van de Brabantse adel.
- She came from the eldest dynasty of Brabantian peerage.
- Synonyms: afstamming, dynastie, huis, lijn
- generation
- Roofbouw benadeelt volgende geslachten.
- Destructive overexploitation puts future generations at a disadvantage.
- (biology, taxonomy) genus
- Synonym: genus
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
West Frisian
Derived terms
Further reading
- “geslacht”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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