"vaagtaal" meaning in Dutch

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Noun

Forms: vaagtalen [plural], vaagtaaltje [diminutive, neuter]
Etymology: From vaag (“vague”) + taal (“language”). Etymology templates: {{compound|nl|vaag|taal|t1=vague|t2=language}} vaag (“vague”) + taal (“language”) Head templates: {{nl-noun|f|vaagtalen|vaagtaaltje}} vaagtaal f (plural vaagtalen, diminutive vaagtaaltje n)
  1. a speech or writing abundant with weasel words Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-vaagtaal-nl-noun-f8MpDrtT Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for vaagtaal meaning in Dutch (1.0kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Dutch dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). 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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