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) 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
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Etymology 2
See etymology on the main entry.
Participle
geslacht
Inflection
| Inflection of geslacht | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | geslacht | |||
| inflected | geslachte | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | geslacht | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | geslachte | ||
| n. sing. | geslacht | |||
| plural | geslachte | |||
| definite | geslachte | |||
| partitive | geslachts | |||
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