"rug" meaning in Dutch

See rug in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /rʏx/ Audio: Nl-rug.ogg Forms: ruggen [plural], ruggetje [diminutive, neuter], rugje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -ʏx Etymology: From Middle Dutch rugge, from Old Dutch ruggi, from Proto-West Germanic *hrugi, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|rugge}} Middle Dutch rugge, {{inh|nl|odt|ruggi}} Old Dutch ruggi, {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*hrugi}} Proto-West Germanic *hrugi, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*hrugjaz}} Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz Head templates: {{nl-noun|m|-en|-getje,+}} rug m (plural ruggen, diminutive ruggetje n or rugje n)
  1. back, backside Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-rug-nl-noun-WP4gbqlq Categories (other): Body parts Disambiguation of Body parts: 23 40 37
  2. (geology) ridge Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-rug-nl-noun-QJ42RFb6 Categories (other): Geology, Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Body parts Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 10 55 35 Disambiguation of Body parts: 23 40 37 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
  3. (Netherlands, historical) ellipsis of rooie rug (“thousand-guilders banknote”) Tags: Netherlands, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, historical, masculine Alternative form of: rooie rug (extra: thousand-guilders banknote)
    Sense id: en-rug-nl-noun-IsuXvsTn Categories (other): Dutch ellipses, Netherlands Dutch, Body parts Disambiguation of Body parts: 23 40 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "achter de rug"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "bultrug"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "bultrugwalvis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "heuvelrug"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "roodrugpelikaan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "rooie rug"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "rugborstel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ruggespraak"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "rugklacht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "rugoperatie"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "rugpijn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "rugslag"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "rugslaper"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "rugtas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "rugvin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "rugzak"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "zadelrug"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "word": "rug"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Jersey Dutch",
      "lang_code": "gmw-jdt",
      "word": "rœx"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Negerhollands",
      "lang_code": "dcr",
      "word": "rugge"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Negerhollands",
      "lang_code": "dcr",
      "word": "rigi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Negerhollands",
      "lang_code": "dcr",
      "word": "rege"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "rugge"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch rugge",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "ruggi"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch ruggi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*hrugi"
      },
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    },
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        "3": "*hrugjaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch rugge, from Old Dutch ruggi, from Proto-West Germanic *hrugi, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ruggen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ruggetje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rugje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "-en",
        "3": "-getje,+"
      },
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      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "rug"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "_dis": "23 40 37",
          "kind": "other",
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          "name": "Body parts",
          "orig": "nl:Body parts",
          "parents": [
            "Anatomy"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "back, backside"
      ],
      "id": "en-rug-nl-noun-WP4gbqlq",
      "links": [
        [
          "back",
          "back"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nl",
          "name": "Geology",
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        },
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          "_dis": "10 55 35",
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            "Anatomy"
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        }
      ],
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        "ridge"
      ],
      "id": "en-rug-nl-noun-QJ42RFb6",
      "links": [
        [
          "geology",
          "geology"
        ],
        [
          "ridge",
          "ridge"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(geology) ridge"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geography",
        "geology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "extra": "thousand-guilders banknote",
          "word": "rooie rug"
        }
      ],
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          "name": "Dutch ellipses",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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        }
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      ],
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        [
          "rooie rug",
          "rooie rug#Dutch"
        ],
        [
          "thousand",
          "thousand"
        ],
        [
          "guilder",
          "guilder"
        ],
        [
          "banknote",
          "banknote"
        ]
      ],
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      ],
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        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "ellipsis",
        "historical",
        "masculine"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/rʏx/"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Nl-rug.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʏx"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rug"
}
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    "Dutch lemmas",
    "Dutch masculine nouns",
    "Dutch nouns",
    "Dutch nouns with plural in -en",
    "Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
    "Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "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-West Germanic",
    "Pages with 17 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ʏx",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ʏx/1 syllable",
    "nl:Body parts"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "achter de rug"
    },
    {
      "word": "bultrug"
    },
    {
      "word": "bultrugwalvis"
    },
    {
      "word": "heuvelrug"
    },
    {
      "word": "roodrugpelikaan"
    },
    {
      "word": "rooie rug"
    },
    {
      "word": "rugborstel"
    },
    {
      "word": "ruggespraak"
    },
    {
      "word": "rugklacht"
    },
    {
      "word": "rugoperatie"
    },
    {
      "word": "rugpijn"
    },
    {
      "word": "rugslag"
    },
    {
      "word": "rugslaper"
    },
    {
      "word": "rugtas"
    },
    {
      "word": "rugvin"
    },
    {
      "word": "rugzak"
    },
    {
      "word": "zadelrug"
    }
  ],
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      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "word": "rug"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Jersey Dutch",
      "lang_code": "gmw-jdt",
      "word": "rœx"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Negerhollands",
      "lang_code": "dcr",
      "word": "rugge"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Negerhollands",
      "lang_code": "dcr",
      "word": "rigi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Negerhollands",
      "lang_code": "dcr",
      "word": "rege"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "dum",
        "3": "rugge"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "odt",
        "3": "ruggi"
      },
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    },
    {
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        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
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      },
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    },
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        "1": "nl",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch rugge, from Old Dutch ruggi, from Proto-West Germanic *hrugi, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz.",
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    {
      "form": "ruggen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ruggetje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rugje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "m",
        "2": "-en",
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      "expansion": "rug m (plural ruggen, diminutive ruggetje n or rugje n)",
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "parts": [
        "rug"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "back, backside"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "back",
          "back"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "nl:Geology"
      ],
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        "ridge"
      ],
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        [
          "geology",
          "geology"
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        [
          "ridge",
          "ridge"
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      ],
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        "masculine"
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        "geography",
        "geology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
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        }
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      "ipa": "/rʏx/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʏx"
    }
  ],
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}

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