"vraagteken" meaning in Dutch

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Noun

IPA: /ˈvraːxˌteː.kə(n)/ Audio: Nl-vraagteken.ogg Forms: vraagtekens [plural], vraagtekentje [diminutive, neuter]
Etymology: From vraag + teken, perhaps a calque of German Fragezeichen. Etymology templates: {{affix|nl|vraag|teken}} vraag + teken, {{calque|nl|de|Fragezeichen|nocap=1}} calque of German Fragezeichen Head templates: {{nl-noun|n|-s|vraagtekentje}} vraagteken n (plural vraagtekens, diminutive vraagtekentje n)
  1. a question mark (?) Tags: neuter Categories (topical): Punctuation marks
    Sense id: en-vraagteken-nl-noun-g7oKe-AQ Disambiguation of Punctuation marks: 93 7 Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Dutch entries with topic categories using raw markup: 53 47
  2. something that is unknown or unclear, something unanswered Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-vraagteken-nl-noun-tcTOnVX1 Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Dutch entries with topic categories using raw markup: 53 47

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for vraagteken meaning in Dutch (2.7kB)

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