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]
audio (file) - Hyphenation: woor‧den‧boek
Noun
woordenboek n (plural woordenboeken, diminutive woordenboekje n)
- dictionary
- Synonym: dictionaire
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: woordeboek
- Negerhollands: woord-buk
- → 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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