"wetenschap" meaning in Dutch

See wetenschap in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈʋeːtənˌsxɑp/ Audio: Nl-wetenschap.ogg Forms: wetenschappen [plural]
Etymology: From Middle Dutch wetenschap. Equivalent to weten + -schap. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|wetenschap}} Middle Dutch wetenschap, {{suffix|nl|weten|schap}} weten + -schap Head templates: {{nl-noun|f|-en|-}} wetenschap f (plural wetenschappen, no diminutive)
  1. (uncountable) knowledge Tags: feminine, no-diminutive, uncountable
    Sense id: en-wetenschap-nl-noun-4PiVhy1l
  2. science, scholarly knowledge, scholarship (collective discipline of learning acquired through any scholarly method; totality of knowledge) Tags: feminine, no-diminutive
    Sense id: en-wetenschap-nl-noun-SyW4M2ZP Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 2 51 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 53 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 49 49
  3. any academic discipline; in general, the sciences and humanities taken as a whole Tags: feminine, no-diminutive
    Sense id: en-wetenschap-nl-noun-afsM1axj Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch terms suffixed with -schap, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 2 51 47 Disambiguation of Dutch terms suffixed with -schap: 9 35 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 53 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 49 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: boekwetenschap [codicology, history, human-sciences, sciences], exacte wetenschap (english: exact science), geesteswetenschap (english: humanities), geschiedswetenschap [history, human-sciences, sciences], godsdienstwetenschap (english: religious studies), ingenieurswetenschap [engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences], literatuurwetenschap (english: literary studies), natuurwetenschap [natural] [science, sciences], sportwetenschap (english: sport science), taalwetenschap [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], wetenschappelijk [scientific, sciences], wetenschapper (english: scientist), wetenschapsfilosofie [philosophy, human-sciences, sciences], wetenschapsgebied (english: area of science), wetenschapsmuseum (english: science museum)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "topics": [
        "codicology",
        "history",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "boekwetenschap"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "exact science",
      "translation": "exact science",
      "word": "exacte wetenschap"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "humanities",
      "translation": "humanities",
      "word": "geesteswetenschap"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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        "human-sciences",
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      ],
      "word": "geschiedswetenschap"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "religious studies",
      "translation": "religious studies",
      "word": "godsdienstwetenschap"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "topics": [
        "engineering",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "word": "ingenieurswetenschap"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "literary studies",
      "translation": "literary studies",
      "word": "literatuurwetenschap"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "natural"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "science",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "natuurwetenschap"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "sport science",
      "translation": "sport science",
      "word": "sportwetenschap"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "topics": [
        "linguistics",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "taalwetenschap"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "topics": [
        "scientific",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "wetenschappelijk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "scientist",
      "translation": "scientist",
      "word": "wetenschapper"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      ],
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        "philosophy",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "wetenschapsfilosofie"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "area of science",
      "translation": "area of science",
      "word": "wetenschapsgebied"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "science museum",
      "translation": "science museum",
      "word": "wetenschapsmuseum"
    }
  ],
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      "lang_code": "af",
      "word": "wetenskap"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Negerhollands",
      "lang_code": "dcr",
      "word": "wetenskap"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "raw_tags": [
        "semantic loan",
        "semantic loan"
      ],
      "word": "ilmu pengetahuan"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
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      "wetenschap",
      "wetenschap#Middle_Dutch"
    ],
    [
      "weten",
      "weten#Dutch"
    ],
    [
      "-schap",
      "-schap#Dutch"
    ]
  ],
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        "2": "dum",
        "3": "wetenschap"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "weten",
        "3": "schap"
      },
      "expansion": "weten + -schap",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch wetenschap. Equivalent to weten + -schap.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wetenschappen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "wetenschap f (plural wetenschappen, no diminutive)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "we",
        "ten",
        "schap"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              33,
              43
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              30,
              37
            ]
          ],
          "english": "How can I participate in this knowing that it will ultimately be for nought?",
          "text": "Hoe kan ik hieraan meedoen in de wetenschap dat het uiteindelijk toch voor niets zal zijn?",
          "translation": "How can I participate in this knowing that it will ultimately be for nought?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "knowledge"
      ],
      "id": "en-wetenschap-nl-noun-4PiVhy1l",
      "links": [
        [
          "knowledge",
          "knowledge"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) knowledge"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "no-diminutive",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 51 47",
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          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "1 53 46",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 49 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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          "science"
        ],
        [
          "scholar",
          "scholar"
        ],
        [
          "knowledge",
          "knowledge"
        ],
        [
          "scholarship",
          "scholarship"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "no-diminutive"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        {
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          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
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        {
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          "name": "Dutch terms suffixed with -schap",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 53 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 49 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "any academic discipline; in general, the sciences and humanities taken as a whole"
      ],
      "id": "en-wetenschap-nl-noun-afsM1axj",
      "links": [
        [
          "academic",
          "academic"
        ],
        [
          "discipline",
          "discipline"
        ],
        [
          "sciences",
          "sciences"
        ],
        [
          "humanities",
          "humanities"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "no-diminutive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʋeːtənˌsxɑp/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "wetenschap"
}
{
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    "Dutch feminine nouns",
    "Dutch lemmas",
    "Dutch nouns",
    "Dutch nouns with plural in -en",
    "Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms suffixed with -schap",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "topics": [
        "codicology",
        "history",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "boekwetenschap"
    },
    {
      "english": "exact science",
      "translation": "exact science",
      "word": "exacte wetenschap"
    },
    {
      "english": "humanities",
      "translation": "humanities",
      "word": "geesteswetenschap"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "history",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "geschiedswetenschap"
    },
    {
      "english": "religious studies",
      "translation": "religious studies",
      "word": "godsdienstwetenschap"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "engineering",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "word": "ingenieurswetenschap"
    },
    {
      "english": "literary studies",
      "translation": "literary studies",
      "word": "literatuurwetenschap"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "natural"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "science",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "natuurwetenschap"
    },
    {
      "english": "sport science",
      "translation": "sport science",
      "word": "sportwetenschap"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "linguistics",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "taalwetenschap"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "scientific",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "wetenschappelijk"
    },
    {
      "english": "scientist",
      "translation": "scientist",
      "word": "wetenschapper"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "of science"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "philosophy",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "wetenschapsfilosofie"
    },
    {
      "english": "area of science",
      "translation": "area of science",
      "word": "wetenschapsgebied"
    },
    {
      "english": "science museum",
      "translation": "science museum",
      "word": "wetenschapsmuseum"
    }
  ],
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      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "word": "wetenskap"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Negerhollands",
      "lang_code": "dcr",
      "word": "wetenskap"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "raw_tags": [
        "semantic loan",
        "semantic loan"
      ],
      "word": "ilmu pengetahuan"
    }
  ],
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    [
      "wetenschap",
      "wetenschap#Middle_Dutch"
    ],
    [
      "weten",
      "weten#Dutch"
    ],
    [
      "-schap",
      "-schap#Dutch"
    ]
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch wetenschap",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "weten",
        "3": "schap"
      },
      "expansion": "weten + -schap",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch wetenschap. Equivalent to weten + -schap.",
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    {
      "form": "wetenschappen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "f",
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      },
      "expansion": "wetenschap f (plural wetenschappen, no diminutive)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "parts": [
        "we",
        "ten",
        "schap"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch terms with usage examples",
        "Dutch uncountable nouns"
      ],
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            [
              33,
              43
            ]
          ],
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            [
              30,
              37
            ]
          ],
          "english": "How can I participate in this knowing that it will ultimately be for nought?",
          "text": "Hoe kan ik hieraan meedoen in de wetenschap dat het uiteindelijk toch voor niets zal zijn?",
          "translation": "How can I participate in this knowing that it will ultimately be for nought?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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          "knowledge",
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      ],
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          "scholarship"
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      ],
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        "feminine",
        "no-diminutive"
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        ],
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          "discipline",
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        ],
        [
          "sciences",
          "sciences"
        ],
        [
          "humanities",
          "humanities"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "no-diminutive"
      ]
    }
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    },
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}

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