"hefboom" meaning in Dutch

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɦɛf.boːm/ Audio: Nl-hefboom.ogg Forms: hefbomen [plural], hefboompje [diminutive, neuter]
Etymology: Compound of heffen (“to lift”) + boom (“pole, beam”). Etymology templates: {{com|nl|heffen|boom|t1=to lift|t2=pole, beam}} heffen (“to lift”) + boom (“pole, beam”) Head templates: {{nl-noun|m|-en|+}} hefboom m (plural hefbomen, diminutive hefboompje n)
  1. (literally) lever (turning rigid piece) Tags: literally, masculine
    Sense id: en-hefboom-nl-noun-vtSA1Wz1
  2. (figuratively) leverage Tags: figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-hefboom-nl-noun-PRkuEpRn Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hefboomprincipe [neuter], hefboomwerking

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "hefboomprincipe"
    },
    {
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    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "word": "hefboom"
    },
    {
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "lang_code": "fy",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "hefbeam"
    }
  ],
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    [
      "heffen",
      "heffen#Dutch"
    ],
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      "boom",
      "boom#Dutch"
    ]
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      },
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      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of heffen (“to lift”) + boom (“pole, beam”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hefbomen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hefboompje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "hefboom m (plural hefbomen, diminutive hefboompje n)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "hef",
        "boom"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "lever (turning rigid piece)"
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literally) lever (turning rigid piece)"
      ],
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      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "25 75",
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          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
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        }
      ],
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        "leverage"
      ],
      "id": "en-hefboom-nl-noun-PRkuEpRn",
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        [
          "leverage",
          "leverage"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) leverage"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɦɛf.boːm/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "hefboom"
}
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    "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
    "Dutch lemmas",
    "Dutch masculine nouns",
    "Dutch nouns",
    "Dutch nouns with plural in -en",
    "Dutch nouns with red links in their headword lines",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hefboomprincipe"
    },
    {
      "word": "hefboomwerking"
    }
  ],
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    },
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      "lang": "West Frisian",
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      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "hefbeam"
    }
  ],
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    [
      "heffen",
      "heffen#Dutch"
    ],
    [
      "boom",
      "boom#Dutch"
    ]
  ],
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        "3": "boom",
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      },
      "expansion": "heffen (“to lift”) + boom (“pole, beam”)",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of heffen (“to lift”) + boom (“pole, beam”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hefbomen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hefboompje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "m",
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        "3": "+"
      },
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    }
  ],
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        "hef",
        "boom"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "lever (turning rigid piece)"
      ],
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          "lever",
          "lever"
        ]
      ],
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        "(literally) lever (turning rigid piece)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literally",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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        "leverage"
      ],
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        [
          "leverage",
          "leverage"
        ]
      ],
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        "(figuratively) leverage"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɦɛf.boːm/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "hefboom"
}

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