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Dutch
Etymology
From hoek + steen. The generic figurative sense developed after figurative use in the Hebrew Bible in Psalm 118 and Jeremiah 28, and in the New Testament in the synoptic gospels, Acts, Ephesians 2 and 1 Peter 2.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɦuk.steːn/
- Hyphenation: hoek‧steen
Noun
hoeksteen m (plural hoekstenen, diminutive hoeksteentje n)
- (literally, figuratively) cornerstone
Bij deze torenbouw is de hoeksteen van een hardere steensoort.- In this type of tower construction the cornerstone is made of a harder type of stone.
De confessionelen zagen het kerngezin als hoeksteen van de samenleving.- The confessional parties viewed the nuclear family as the cornerstone of society.
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