achterdek

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Dutch

Etymology

From achter +‎ dek.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑx.tərˌdɛk/
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  • Hyphenation: ach‧ter‧dek

Noun

achterdek n (plural achterdekken, diminutive achterdekje n)

  1. (nautical) afterdeck, quarterdeck

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch achterdek.[1] First attested in 1993.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

achterdek m inan

  1. (nautical) poop deck (a high, exposed deck at the stern of a ship on top of the cabin(s))
    • 2013, Andrzej Olejko, Katarzyna Zielińska, “Z kart polityki i działań wojennych wielkiej wojny 1914–1918. 444 dni wspólnych działań na trzech oceanach zabójczego duetu “Wilka” I “Wilczka””, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), Тернопільський національний педагогічний університет ім. В. Гнатюка:
      150 mm z zakrywającymi je klapami (po dwa na każdej stronie fordeku i po jednym z obu stron rufy, siódme działo ulokowano na achterdeku i zakamuflowano składaną osłoną z brezentu), pod pokładem zmagazynowano trzy mniejsze działka kal. 50 mm oraz 50 torped do czterech pojedynczych wyrzutni torpedowych.
      150 mm with flaps covering them (two on each side of the fordeck and one on both sides of the stern, the seventh gun was located on the poop deck and camouflaged with a folding tarpaulin cover), three smaller 50 mm cannons were stored below the deck and 50 torpedoes for four single torpedo tubes.

Declension

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “achterdek”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Mieczysław Szymczak (1993) Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, page 6

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