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Dutch
Etymology
From beurt (“turn, as in a chance to use something”) + balk (“bar, beam”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbøːrt.bɑlk/
- Hyphenation: beurt‧balk
Noun
beurtbalk m (plural beurtbalken, diminutive beurtbalkje n)
- (chiefly in the diminutive) a checkout divider, a separator to put between the products of different customers on the conveyor belt in a supermarket
2014, Anna Drijver, Ei, Nijgh & Van Ditmar:Een gespierde man met een bomberjack zette een beurtbalkje neer achter haar fles en begon zijn boodschappen op de lopende band te stapelen.- A muscular man in a bomberjack put a separator behind her bottle and began to stack his groceries on the conveyor belt.