"dal" meaning in Dutch

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Noun

IPA: /dɑl/ Audio: Nl-dal.ogg Forms: dalen [plural], dalletje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -ɑl Etymology: From Middle Dutch dal, from Old Dutch dal, from Proto-West Germanic *dal, from Proto-Germanic *dalą. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|dal}} Middle Dutch dal, {{inh|nl|odt|dal}} Old Dutch dal, {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*dal}} Proto-West Germanic *dal, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*dalą}} Proto-Germanic *dalą Head templates: {{nl-noun|n|-:en|+}} dal n (plural dalen, diminutive dalletje n)
  1. valley Tags: neuter Derived forms: gletsjerdal, rivierdal, tranendal
    Sense id: en-dal-nl-noun-Yn~T0FpJ Categories (other): Dutch nouns with lengthened vowel in the plural, Landforms Disambiguation of Landforms: 92 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /dɑl/ Audio: Nl-dal.ogg Forms: dallen [plural], dalletje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -ɑl Head templates: {{nl-noun|m|-en|+}} dal m (plural dallen, diminutive dalletje n)
  1. a type of stone to pave the floor with, flagstone Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-dal-nl-noun-hJHsLWJP Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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          "valley"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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