"zaal" meaning in Dutch

See zaal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /zaːl/ Audio: Nl-zaal.ogg Forms: zalen [plural], zaaltje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -aːl Etymology: From Middle Dutch sale, from Old Dutch sala, from Proto-West Germanic *sali, from Proto-Germanic *saliz. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|sale}} Middle Dutch sale, {{inh|nl|odt|sala}} Old Dutch sala, {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*sali}} Proto-West Germanic *sali, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*saliz}} Proto-Germanic *saliz Head templates: {{nl-noun|f|-en|+}} zaal f (plural zalen, diminutive zaaltje n)
  1. room, hall Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-zaal-nl-noun-nXu2IFsy Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Rooms Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 34 38 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 21 30 23 Disambiguation of Rooms: 66 19 8 8
  2. ward in a hospital or similar medical or caregiving institute Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-zaal-nl-noun-Hvpq5Vm1 Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 8 46 17 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 34 38 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 21 30 23
  3. (historical) Germanic single-room home Tags: feminine, historical
    Sense id: en-zaal-nl-noun-a3aZe6F3 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 34 38 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 21 30 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ruimte, kamer Related terms: salet, salon
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: audiëntiezaal, balzaal, concertzaal, feestzaal, gehoorzaal, gymzaal, kerkzaal, leeszaal, medezaal, parochiezaal, ridderzaal, slaapzaal, sportzaal, toneelzaal, troonzaal, vergaderzaal, voorzaal, zaalhulp, zaalkerk, zaallicht, zaalverhuur, zaalvoetbal, zalencentrum

Noun

IPA: /zaːl/ Audio: Nl-zaal.ogg Forms: zaals [plural]
Rhymes: -aːl Head templates: {{nl-noun|n|-s|-}} zaal n (plural zaals, no diminutive)
  1. (dialectal) archaic form of zadel Tags: alt-of, archaic, dialectal, neuter, no-diminutive Alternative form of: zadel
    Sense id: en-zaal-nl-noun-x1TT5eyb Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 34 38 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 21 30 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "word": "audiëntiezaal"
    },
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      "word": "concertzaal"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "feestzaal"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ridderzaal"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "sportzaal"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "toneelzaal"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "troonzaal"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "vergaderzaal"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "zaallicht"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "zaalvoetbal"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
    {
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      "word": "saal"
    },
    {
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      "lang_code": "dcr",
      "word": "sael"
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    {
      "lang": "Caribbean Javanese",
      "lang_code": "jvn",
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        "borrowed"
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      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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        {
          "_dis": "27 21 30 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
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          "ward",
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          "hospital",
          "hospital"
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        [
          "medical",
          "medical"
        ],
        [
          "caregiving",
          "caregiving"
        ],
        [
          "institute",
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          "room"
        ],
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          "home",
          "home"
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        "(historical) Germanic single-room home"
      ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ruimte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "kamer"
    }
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "hyphenations": [
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      ]
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  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "word": "zadel"
        }
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          "_dis": "27 21 30 23",
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          "translation": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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          "zadel#Dutch"
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        "(dialectal) archaic form of zadel"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-aːl"
    }
  ],
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      "word": "audiëntiezaal"
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    {
      "word": "balzaal"
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    {
      "word": "concertzaal"
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    {
      "word": "feestzaal"
    },
    {
      "word": "gehoorzaal"
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    {
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    {
      "word": "kerkzaal"
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    {
      "word": "leeszaal"
    },
    {
      "word": "medezaal"
    },
    {
      "word": "parochiezaal"
    },
    {
      "word": "ridderzaal"
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    {
      "word": "slaapzaal"
    },
    {
      "word": "sportzaal"
    },
    {
      "word": "toneelzaal"
    },
    {
      "word": "troonzaal"
    },
    {
      "word": "vergaderzaal"
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    {
      "word": "voorzaal"
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    {
      "word": "zaalhulp"
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    {
      "word": "zaalkerk"
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      "word": "zaallicht"
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    {
      "word": "zaalverhuur"
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    {
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zaaltje",
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        "neuter"
      ]
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        "zaal"
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  "lang_code": "nl",
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      "word": "salet"
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    }
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        "room, hall"
      ],
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      ],
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    },
    {
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      ],
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        ],
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          "caregiving",
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        "feminine"
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        "Germanic single-room home"
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          "room",
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        "(historical) Germanic single-room home"
      ],
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    {
      "rhymes": "-aːl"
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    {
      "word": "ruimte"
    },
    {
      "word": "kamer"
    }
  ],
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}

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          "word": "zadel"
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        "(dialectal) archaic form of zadel"
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːl"
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  ],
  "word": "zaal"
}

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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 2026-09-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (d6fca27 and 65e1673). 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.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.