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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch beslach. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈslɑx/
- Hyphenation: be‧slag
- Rhymes: -ɑx
Noun
beslag n (plural beslagen, diminutive beslagje n)
- (law) arrest, detention
- in beslag nemen: to take into possession, to confiscate
- (metal) cover (e.g. of a book)
- a horseshoe
- a batter, a relatively fluid dough (more fluid than deeg)
- the state of having reached the final decision or having definitively decided upon an arrangement
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Descendants
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
beslag n
- a fitting, a mounting (a hinge or other metal application)
- a coating (mist or soot on a surface)
- a seizure (of illegal goods)
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