geslacht

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɣəˈslɑxt/ Hyphenation: ge‧slacht Rhymes: -ɑxt === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch geslachte, from slachte, from Old Dutch slahta, from Proto-Germanic *slahtō, related to *slahaną (“to hit, strike”), compare German Geschlecht (“gender, kind, lineage”). ==== Noun ==== geslacht n (plural geslachten, no diminutive) sex Synonyms: sekse, kunne gender Synonyms: gender, kunne (grammar) grammatical gender Synonym: genus lineage Synonyms: afstamming, dynastie, huis, lijn generation Synonym: generatie (biology, taxonomy) genus Synonym: genus Hypernyms: familie, geslachtengroep Hyponyms: soort, ondergeslacht ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: geslag Negerhollands: geslagt ===== See also ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Participle ==== geslacht past participle of slachten ===== Declension ===== == West Frisian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch geslacht. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡəˈslaxt/ === Noun === geslacht n (plural geslachten) lineage genus sex sex organ grammatical gender ==== Derived terms ==== geslachtsryp ==== Further reading ==== “geslacht”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011