woordenboek

Dutch

Etymology

Equivalent to woord (“word”) +‎ -en- +‎ boek (“book”). Compare West Frisian wurdboek (“dictionary”), German Low German Woordenbook, Wöörbook (“dictionary”), German Wörterbuch (“dictionary”), Swedish ordbok (“dictionary”), Danish ordbog (“dictionary”), English wordbook.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʋoːrdə(n)ˌbuk/, [ˈʋʊːrdə(n)ˌbuk]
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Hyphenation: woor‧den‧boek

Noun

woordenboek n (plural woordenboeken, diminutive woordenboekje n)

dictionary

Derived terms

Descendants

Afrikaans: woordeboek
→ Sranan Tongo: wortubuku

Further reading

Matthias de Vries; Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864), “woordenboek”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001
“woordenboek” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.

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