See leek in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "lekenapostolaat"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "lekenpersoneel"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "lekenrechter"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "lekenstand"
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"2": "dum",
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "la",
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"4": "",
"5": "layman, laic"
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"name": "der"
},
{
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"2": "grc",
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"5": "of the people"
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"plural"
]
},
{
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"neuter"
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}
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"word": "clericus"
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{
"word": "geestelijke"
}
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72,
77
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],
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69,
75
]
],
"english": "In the Middle Ages, there was a clear distinction between clergy and laymen.",
"text": "In de middeleeuwen was er een duidelijk verschil tussen geestelijken en leken.",
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"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
11,
15
]
],
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8,
14
]
],
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}
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[
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],
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},
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},
{
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{
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}
],
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4,
8
]
],
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5,
11
]
],
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"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
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5,
10
]
],
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5,
13
]
],
"english": "Many amateurs find it difficult to understand this.",
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"translation": "Many amateurs find it difficult to understand this.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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],
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[
"expert",
"expert"
],
[
"amateur",
"amateur"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
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},
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{
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},
{
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}
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"2": "dum",
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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{
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},
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"singular"
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"feminine",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
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"comparative",
"indefinite",
"plural"
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"indefinite",
"plural",
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"definite",
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"source": "declension",
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"comparative",
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]
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"tags": [
"definite",
"superlative"
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},
{
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"partitive",
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},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"partitive"
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"partitive",
"superlative"
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],
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"parts": [
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}
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{
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{
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"2": "dum",
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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{
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"expansion": "Dutch laak",
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},
{
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"1": "en",
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},
"expansion": "English lake",
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],
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{
"_dis": "2 6 7 12 14 2 2 24 24 7",
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{
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{
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}
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},
{
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"1": "nl",
"2": "grc",
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{
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"1": "goh",
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},
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}
],
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"plural"
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},
{
"form": "leekje",
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"biology",
"botany",
"natural-sciences"
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],
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"sorrel",
"sorrel"
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[
"dock",
"dock"
]
],
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"(by extension, dialect) related plants of that genus: sorrel, dock"
],
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"broadly",
"dialectal"
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}
],
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{
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}
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"singular past indicative of lijken"
],
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"(in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative"
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"in case of inversion"
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"Dutch adjectives with red links in their headword lines",
"Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
"Dutch lemmas",
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