"bever" meaning in Dutch

See bever in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbeː.vər/ Audio: Nl-bever.ogg Forms: bevers [plural], bevertje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -eːvər Etymology: From Middle Dutch bēver, from Old Dutch *bevar, from Proto-West Germanic *bebru, from Proto-Germanic *bebruz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|bēver}} Middle Dutch bēver, {{inh|nl|odt|*bevar}} Old Dutch *bevar, {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*bebru}} Proto-West Germanic *bebru, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*bebruz}} Proto-Germanic *bebruz, {{inh|nl|ine-pro|*bʰébʰrus}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus Head templates: {{nl-noun|m|-s|+}} bever m (plural bevers, diminutive bevertje n)
  1. beaver (rodent of the genus Castor) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bever-nl-noun-RPCghUbH Categories (other): Rodents
  2. (particularly) European beaver (Castor fiber) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bever-nl-noun-DkLej2RD Categories (other): Pages with 14 entries, Pages with entries, Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 14 entries: 10 24 8 1 6 2 1 2 6 2 3 6 3 1 2 2 3 13 2 3 2 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 28 9 0 7 1 0 1 7 1 2 8 2 1 1 1 2 15 1 2 1 0 Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: beverachtig, beverbont, beverboom, beverburcht, beverdam, bevergeil, beverhaar, beverhoed, beverhuid, beverkever, beverkolonie, bevermuts, beverpels, beverrat, beverskul, beverstaart, bevervacht, bevervraat, Canadese bever

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "beverachtig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "beverbont"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "beverboom"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "beverburcht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "beverdam"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bevergeil"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "beverhaar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "beverhoed"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "beverhuid"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "beverkever"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "beverkolonie"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bevermuts"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "beverpels"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "beverrat"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "beverskul"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "beverstaart"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bevervacht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bevervraat"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Canadese bever"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "word": "bewer"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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        "2": "dum",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "odt",
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      },
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    },
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      },
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    },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch bēver, from Old Dutch *bevar, from Proto-West Germanic *bebru, from Proto-Germanic *bebruz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bevers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bevertje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "be",
        "ver"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "orig": "nl:Rodents",
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        }
      ],
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        "beaver (rodent of the genus Castor)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "beaver",
          "beaver"
        ],
        [
          "Castor",
          "Castor#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "European beaver (Castor fiber)"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "European beaver",
          "European beaver"
        ],
        [
          "Castor fiber",
          "Castor fiber#Translingual"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(particularly) European beaver (Castor fiber)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈbeː.vər/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eːvər"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bever"
}
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    "Dutch lemmas",
    "Dutch masculine nouns",
    "Dutch nouns",
    "Dutch nouns with plural in -s",
    "Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
    "Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/eːvər",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/eːvər/2 syllables"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "beverachtig"
    },
    {
      "word": "beverbont"
    },
    {
      "word": "beverboom"
    },
    {
      "word": "beverburcht"
    },
    {
      "word": "beverdam"
    },
    {
      "word": "bevergeil"
    },
    {
      "word": "beverhaar"
    },
    {
      "word": "beverhoed"
    },
    {
      "word": "beverhuid"
    },
    {
      "word": "beverkever"
    },
    {
      "word": "beverkolonie"
    },
    {
      "word": "bevermuts"
    },
    {
      "word": "beverpels"
    },
    {
      "word": "beverrat"
    },
    {
      "word": "beverskul"
    },
    {
      "word": "beverstaart"
    },
    {
      "word": "bevervacht"
    },
    {
      "word": "bevervraat"
    },
    {
      "word": "Canadese bever"
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "lang_code": "af",
      "word": "bewer"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "dum",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "*bevar"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
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      },
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    },
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *bebruz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰébʰrus"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bevers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bevertje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "-s",
        "3": "+"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "be",
        "ver"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "nl:Rodents"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beaver (rodent of the genus Castor)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beaver",
          "beaver"
        ],
        [
          "Castor",
          "Castor#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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        "European beaver (Castor fiber)"
      ],
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          "European beaver",
          "European beaver"
        ],
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          "Castor fiber",
          "Castor fiber#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(particularly) European beaver (Castor fiber)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbeː.vər/"
    },
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      "audio": "Nl-bever.ogg",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eːvər"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bever"
}

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