"tweeling" meaning in Dutch

See tweeling in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈtʋeː.lɪŋ/ Audio: Nl-tweeling.ogg Forms: tweelingen [plural], tweelingetje [diminutive, neuter]
Etymology: From Middle Dutch twiling, twilling, tweiling, from Old Dutch *twinling, possibly from Proto-Germanic *twinilingaz, with the first element from *twinaz (compare German Zwilling, English twinling, Danish tvilling). By surface analysis, twee (“two”) + -ling. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|twiling}} Middle Dutch twiling, {{m|dum|twilling}} twilling, {{m|dum|tweiling}} tweiling, {{inh|nl|odt|*twinling}} Old Dutch *twinling, {{der|nl|gem-pro|*twinilingaz}} Proto-Germanic *twinilingaz, {{m|gem-pro|*twinaz}} *twinaz, {{cog|de|Zwilling}} German Zwilling, {{cog|en|twinling}} English twinling, {{cog|da|tvilling}} Danish tvilling, {{surf|nl|twee|-ling|t1=two}} By surface analysis, twee (“two”) + -ling Head templates: {{nl-noun|m|-en|tweelingetje}} tweeling m (plural tweelingen, diminutive tweelingetje n)
  1. A pair of twins; said of people and other mammals. Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-tweeling-nl-noun-YCicaf5F Categories (other): Dutch terms suffixed with -ling Disambiguation of Dutch terms suffixed with -ling: 40 38 22
  2. (less common, usually plural only) Each of two twin siblings. Tags: masculine, plural, plural-only, uncommon, usually Categories (topical): Two
    Sense id: en-tweeling-nl-noun-GwGrPswO Disambiguation of Two: 23 65 12 Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch entries with topic categories using raw markup, Dutch terms suffixed with -ling Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 35 50 14 Disambiguation of Dutch entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 52 20 Disambiguation of Dutch terms suffixed with -ling: 40 38 22
  3. A vegetal or object equivalent, e.g. an identical fruit pair Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-tweeling-nl-noun-MdLGG79u Categories (other): Dutch terms suffixed with -ling Disambiguation of Dutch terms suffixed with -ling: 40 38 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: eenling, drieling, vierling, vijfling, zesling, zevenling, achtling, negenling, tienling
Derived forms: tweelingbroeder [masculine], tweelingbroer [masculine], tweelingschap [neuter], tweelingamandel, tweelingbalk, tweelingsbalk, tweelingbed [neuter], tweelingboog, tweeling-driel, tweelinggebroedsel [neuter], tweelingkalf [neuter], tweelingkapel, tweelingskapel, tweelingkers, tweelingkind [neuter], tweelingknol, tweelingkool, tweelinglicht [neuter], tweelingmachine, tweelingnoot, tweelingpaar [neuter], tweelingrivier, tweelingschroeven [plural], tweelingspier, tweelingster, tweelingstip, tweelingtand, tweelingvenster [neuter], tweelingvers [neuter], tweelingwoord [neuter], tweelingziel, tweelingzon, tweelingzoon [masculine], tweelingzus [feminine], tweelingzuster [feminine]

Inflected forms

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  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "eenling"
    },
    {
      "word": "drieling"
    },
    {
      "word": "vierling"
    },
    {
      "word": "vijfling"
    },
    {
      "word": "zesling"
    },
    {
      "word": "zevenling"
    },
    {
      "word": "achtling"
    },
    {
      "word": "negenling"
    },
    {
      "word": "tienling"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(literally, “My brother and I are a twin [pair].”)",
          "roman": "My brother and I are twins.",
          "text": "Mijn broer en ik zijn een tweeling.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A pair of twins; said of people and other mammals."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pair",
          "pair"
        ],
        [
          "twin",
          "twin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A twin is never alone.",
          "text": "Een tweeling is nooit alleen.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Each of two twin siblings."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sibling",
          "sibling"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(less common, usually plural only) Each of two twin siblings."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "plural-only",
        "uncommon",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A vegetal or object equivalent, e.g. an identical fruit pair"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtʋeː.lɪŋ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-tweeling.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/29/Nl-tweeling.ogg/Nl-tweeling.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Nl-tweeling.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tweeling"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Dutch dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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