"gewest" meaning in Dutch

See gewest in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɣəˈʋɛst/ Audio: Nl-gewest.ogg Forms: gewesten [plural], gewestje [diminutive, neuter], geweste [alternative, obsolete]
Rhymes: -ɛst Etymology: Possibly from the circumfix ge- -te with the root of the verb wezen (in one of its old senses, "to inhabit"). Head templates: {{nl-noun|n|-en|+}} gewest n (plural gewesten, diminutive gewestje n)
  1. region Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-gewest-nl-noun-xpfSmBv0
  2. one of the three regions constituting the equivalent of a state in the federal structure of Belgium Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-gewest-nl-noun-RZrHjPsZ Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Administrative divisions Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 6 80 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 10 80 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 87 7 Disambiguation of Administrative divisions: 25 51 25
  3. an older term for provincie (“province”) Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-gewest-nl-noun-UtwdTsNj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gewestelijk

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "gewestelijk"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "word": "gewes"
    },
    {
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "lang_code": "fy",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "gewest"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly from the circumfix ge- -te with the root of the verb wezen (in one of its old senses, \"to inhabit\").",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gewesten",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gewestje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geweste",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "gewest n (plural gewesten, diminutive gewestje n)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ge",
        "west"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "region"
      ],
      "id": "en-gewest-nl-noun-xpfSmBv0",
      "links": [
        [
          "region",
          "region"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 80 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 80 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 87 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 51 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nl",
          "name": "Administrative divisions",
          "orig": "nl:Administrative divisions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "one of the three regions constituting the equivalent of a state in the federal structure of Belgium"
      ],
      "id": "en-gewest-nl-noun-RZrHjPsZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ],
        [
          "federal",
          "federal"
        ],
        [
          "Belgium",
          "Belgium"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an older term for provincie (“province”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-gewest-nl-noun-UtwdTsNj",
      "links": [
        [
          "provincie",
          "provincie#Dutch"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɣəˈʋɛst/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-gewest.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0a/Nl-gewest.ogg/Nl-gewest.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Nl-gewest.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛst"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gewest"
}
{
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    "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
    "Dutch lemmas",
    "Dutch neuter nouns",
    "Dutch nouns",
    "Dutch nouns with plural in -en",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɛst",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɛst/2 syllables",
    "nl:Administrative divisions"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "gewestelijk"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "word": "gewes"
    },
    {
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "lang_code": "fy",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "gewest"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly from the circumfix ge- -te with the root of the verb wezen (in one of its old senses, \"to inhabit\").",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gewesten",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gewestje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geweste",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "gewest n (plural gewesten, diminutive gewestje n)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ge",
        "west"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "region"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "region",
          "region"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "one of the three regions constituting the equivalent of a state in the federal structure of Belgium"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ],
        [
          "federal",
          "federal"
        ],
        [
          "Belgium",
          "Belgium"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an older term for provincie (“province”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "provincie",
          "provincie#Dutch"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɣəˈʋɛst/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-gewest.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0a/Nl-gewest.ogg/Nl-gewest.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Nl-gewest.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛst"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gewest"
}

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