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Dutch
Etymology
From onder- + bouw.
Pronunciation
Noun
onderbouw m (plural onderbouwen, diminutive onderbouwtje n)
- the foundational part of a construction (e.g. a building) which serves to support that which has been built upon it; as in infrastructure
- (education) the lower-level classes of a school, e.g. the 1st and 2nd grades of grammar school in the Netherlands, or the first few years of secondary school in both the Netherlands and Flanders
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Verb
onderbouw
- inflection of onderbouwen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Indonesian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Dutch onderbouw (“foundation (of construction or education)”).
Noun
onderbouw (plural onderbouw-onderbouw, first-person possessive onderbouwku, second-person possessive onderbouwmu, third-person possessive onderbouwnya)
- (literally, architecture, civil engineering) foundation of building
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