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Dutch
Etymology
Contracted form of elkander, itself from elk + ander.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (with Gooise r and lenited dark l, used particularly in the Randstad)
- Hyphenation: el‧kaar
- Rhymes: -aːr
Pronoun
elkaar (genitive elkaars)
- each other, one another
- 1987, International Bible Society Nederland, Het Boek, Genesis 11:7:
Laten Wij afdalen en hun verschillende talen geven, zodat zij elkaar niet meer begrijpen!’- Let us go down and confuse their languages, so they will not understand each other any more.”
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