"slak" meaning in Dutch

See slak in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /slɑk/ Audio: nl-slak.ogg Forms: slakken [plural], slakje [diminutive, neuter], slek [alternative, dialectal]
Rhymes: -ɑk Etymology: From Middle Dutch slecke, slacke, from Old Dutch *slekki (attested in personal names), from Proto-Germanic *slikkō, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sliǵ-ōn, from *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”). Cognate with Luxembourgish Schleek, German Low German Slacke, Slack (“snail”). Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|slecke}} Middle Dutch slecke, {{inh|nl|odt|*slekki}} Old Dutch *slekki, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*slikkō}} Proto-Germanic *slikkō, {{der|nl|ine-pro||*sliǵ-ōn}} Proto-Indo-European *sliǵ-ōn, {{cog|lb|Schleek}} Luxembourgish Schleek, {{cog|nds-de|Slacke}} German Low German Slacke Head templates: {{nl-noun|f|-en|+|g2=m}} slak f or m (plural slakken, diminutive slakje n)
  1. snail, slug (any gastropod) Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-slak-nl-noun-POyRMQ3W Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch nouns with f+m gender, Pages with entries, Mollusks Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 13 43 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 30 31 3 3 0 2 3 3 0 2 0 4 11 0 0 Disambiguation of Mollusks: 45 26 28 Derived forms: akkerslak, huisjesslak, keverslak, kieuwslak, korfslak, longslak, moerasslak, naaktslak, segrijnslak, slakkengang, slakkengif, slakkenhuis, slakkenkorrel, tuinslak, waterslak, wegslak, wijngaardslak, zeenaaktslak, zeeslak
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /slɑk/ Audio: nl-slak.ogg Forms: slakken [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑk Etymology: From Middle Low German slagge, whence also German Schlacke, English slag. See the latter. Etymology templates: {{der|nl|gml|slagge}} Middle Low German slagge, {{cog|de|Schlacke}} German Schlacke, {{cog|en|slag}} English slag Head templates: {{nl-noun|f|-en|-}} slak f (plural slakken)
  1. slag (the impurities which result and are separated out when melting a metal or refining it from its ore) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-slak-nl-noun-PTw4Runj Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 13 43 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 8 27 29 5 5 0 3 5 5 0 3 9 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 30 31 3 3 0 2 3 3 0 2 0 4 11 0 0
  2. hard, molten leftovers of burnt coal and other solid fuels Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-slak-nl-noun-et9dvB1K Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 13 43 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 8 27 29 5 5 0 3 5 5 0 3 9 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 30 31 3 3 0 2 3 3 0 2 0 4 11 0 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "word": "moerasslak"
        },
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        },
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          "word": "segrijnslak"
        },
        {
          "word": "slakkengang"
        },
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        },
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          "word": "slakkenhuis"
        },
        {
          "word": "slakkenkorrel"
        },
        {
          "word": "tuinslak"
        },
        {
          "word": "waterslak"
        },
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        },
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          "word": "wijngaardslak"
        },
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          "word": "zeenaaktslak"
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