"voornaam" meaning in Dutch

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Adjective

IPA: /voːrˈnaːm/ Audio: Nl-voornáám.ogg
Etymology: From Middle Dutch voorneem, voornaem, from Middle High German vornēme. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|voorneem}} Middle Dutch voorneem, {{m|dum|voornaem}} voornaem, {{der|nl|gmh|vornēme}} Middle High German vornēme Head templates: {{nl-adj|voornamer}} voornaam (comparative voornamer, superlative voornaamst) Inflection templates: {{nl-decl-adj|voorname}} Forms: voornamer [comparative], voornaamst [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], voornaam [adverbial, positive, predicative], voornamer [adverbial, comparative, predicative], het voornaamst [adverbial, predicative, superlative], het voornaamste [adverbial, predicative, superlative], voorname [feminine, indefinite, masculine, positive, singular], voornamere [comparative, feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular], voornaamste [feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular, superlative], voornaam [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], voornamer [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], voornaamste [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], voorname [indefinite, plural, positive], voornamere [comparative, indefinite, plural], voornaamste [indefinite, plural, superlative], voorname [definite, positive], voornamere [comparative, definite], voornaamste [definite, superlative], voornaams [partitive, positive], voornamers [comparative, partitive], - [partitive, superlative]
  1. important, distinguished Synonyms: belangrijk Derived forms: voornamelijk
    Sense id: en-voornaam-nl-adj--qk3ah5M
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈvoːrˌnaːm/ Audio: Nl-vóórnaam.ogg Forms: voornamen [plural], voornaampje [diminutive, neuter]
Etymology: From voor + naam. Etymology templates: {{com|nl|voor|naam}} voor + naam Head templates: {{nl-noun|m|-en|voornaampje}} voornaam m (plural voornamen, diminutive voornaampje n)
  1. first name Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Onomastics Synonyms: persoonsnaam, roepnaam Related terms: doopnaam
    Sense id: en-voornaam-nl-noun-G4NthoBu Disambiguation of Onomastics: 4 96 Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch entries with language name categories using raw markup, Dutch entries with topic categories using raw markup, Dutch heteronyms Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of Dutch entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 98 Disambiguation of Dutch entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 96 Disambiguation of Dutch heteronyms: 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "voornaam (comparative voornamer, superlative voornaamst)",
      "name": "nl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "voor‧naam"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "voorname"
      },
      "name": "nl-decl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "That first name has an elite ring to it.",
          "text": "Die voornaam klinkt zeer voornaam.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "important, distinguished"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "important",
          "important"
        ],
        [
          "distinguished",
          "distinguished"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/voːrˈnaːm/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-voornáám.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/20/Nl-voorn%C3%A1%C3%A1m.ogg/Nl-voorn%C3%A1%C3%A1m.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Nl-voorn%C3%A1%C3%A1m.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "belangrijk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "voornaam"
}

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