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Dutch
Etymology
From urn + -en- + veld, a calque of German Urnenfeld.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʏr.nə(n)ˌvɛlt/
- Hyphenation: ur‧nen‧veld
Noun
urnenveld n (plural urnenvelden, diminutive urnenveldje n)
- urnfield
Archeologen hebben een groot urnenveld ontdekt uit de bronstijd.- Archaeologists have discovered a large urnfield from the Bronze Age.
Het urnenveldje bevatte verschillende urnen met as van overledenen.- The small urnfield contained several urns with ashes of the deceased.
In sommige culturen werden de doden begraven in een urnenveld in plaats van graven.- In some cultures, the dead were buried in an urnfield instead of graves.
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