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Dutch
Pronunciation
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)
- sex
- Synonym: sekse
- gender
- Synonym: gender
- (grammar) grammatical gender
- Synonym: genus
- lineage
- Synonyms: afstamming, dynastie, huis, lijn
Zij kwam uit het oudste geslacht van de Brabantse adel.- She came from the eldest dynasty of Brabantian peerage.
- generation
Roofbouw benadeelt volgende geslachten.- Destructive overexploitation puts future generations at a disadvantage.
- (biology, taxonomy) genus
- Synonym: genus
- Hypernyms: familie, geslachtengroep
- Hyponyms: soort, ondergeslacht
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
geslacht
- past participle of slachten
Inflection
West Frisian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch geslacht.
Pronunciation
Noun
geslacht n (plural geslachten)
- lineage
- genus
- sex
- sex organ
- grammatical gender
Derived terms
Further reading
- “geslacht”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011