"zesjescultuur" meaning in Dutch

See zesjescultuur in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈzɛs.jəs.kʏlˌtyːr/ Audio: Nl-zesjescultuur.ogg Forms: zesjesculturen [plural]
Etymology: Compound of the diminutive form of zessen (“sixes”) + cultuur (“culture”) Etymology templates: {{compound|nl|zessen|cultuur|t1=sixes|t2=culture}} zessen (“sixes”) + cultuur (“culture”) Head templates: {{nl-noun|f|-en|-}} zesjescultuur f (plural zesjesculturen)
  1. (often derogatory, Netherlands) Literally culture of sixes, a term used to refer to a tendency to be satisfied with mediocre results, 'sixes' referring to grades that are only barely high enough to pass a test. Wikipedia link: nl:zesjescultuur Tags: Netherlands, derogatory, feminine, often
    Sense id: en-zesjescultuur-nl-noun-mN~b~PL8 Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Netherlands Dutch

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for zesjescultuur meaning in Dutch (2.5kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "zessen",
        "3": "cultuur",
        "t1": "sixes",
        "t2": "culture"
      },
      "expansion": "zessen (“sixes”) + cultuur (“culture”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of the diminutive form of zessen (“sixes”) + cultuur (“culture”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "zesjesculturen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "zesjescultuur f (plural zesjesculturen)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "zes‧jes‧cul‧tuur"
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Netherlands Dutch",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The existence of a culture of sixes in the Netherlands has almost become a national, normative notion.",
          "ref": "2014, Lianne de Ree, “Nederland heeft geen zesjescultuur meer”, in Volkskrant",
          "text": "Dat er in Nederland een zesjescultuur heerst is bijna een nationale, normatieve opvatting geworden.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "It may be surprising, but the young professionals who returned did not encounter a culture of sixes in the Netherlands.",
          "ref": "2015, Tabitha Speelman, Chinese studenten over Nederland: 'Wij zien geen zesjescultuur', Trouw",
          "text": "Het is misschien verrassend, maar de teruggekeerde jonge professionals troffen in Nederland geen zesjescultuur aan.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Literally culture of sixes, a term used to refer to a tendency to be satisfied with mediocre results, 'sixes' referring to grades that are only barely high enough to pass a test."
      ],
      "id": "en-zesjescultuur-nl-noun-mN~b~PL8",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(often derogatory, Netherlands) Literally culture of sixes, a term used to refer to a tendency to be satisfied with mediocre results, 'sixes' referring to grades that are only barely high enough to pass a test."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Netherlands",
        "derogatory",
        "feminine",
        "often"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "nl:zesjescultuur"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzɛs.jəs.kʏlˌtyːr/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-zesjescultuur.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1f/Nl-zesjescultuur.ogg/Nl-zesjescultuur.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Nl-zesjescultuur.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "zesjescultuur"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "zessen",
        "3": "cultuur",
        "t1": "sixes",
        "t2": "culture"
      },
      "expansion": "zessen (“sixes”) + cultuur (“culture”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of the diminutive form of zessen (“sixes”) + cultuur (“culture”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "zesjesculturen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "zesjescultuur f (plural zesjesculturen)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "zes‧jes‧cul‧tuur"
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch compound terms",
        "Dutch derogatory terms",
        "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
        "Dutch feminine nouns",
        "Dutch lemmas",
        "Dutch nouns",
        "Dutch nouns with plural in -en",
        "Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Dutch terms with audio links",
        "Dutch terms with quotations",
        "Netherlands Dutch",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The existence of a culture of sixes in the Netherlands has almost become a national, normative notion.",
          "ref": "2014, Lianne de Ree, “Nederland heeft geen zesjescultuur meer”, in Volkskrant",
          "text": "Dat er in Nederland een zesjescultuur heerst is bijna een nationale, normatieve opvatting geworden.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "It may be surprising, but the young professionals who returned did not encounter a culture of sixes in the Netherlands.",
          "ref": "2015, Tabitha Speelman, Chinese studenten over Nederland: 'Wij zien geen zesjescultuur', Trouw",
          "text": "Het is misschien verrassend, maar de teruggekeerde jonge professionals troffen in Nederland geen zesjescultuur aan.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Literally culture of sixes, a term used to refer to a tendency to be satisfied with mediocre results, 'sixes' referring to grades that are only barely high enough to pass a test."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(often derogatory, Netherlands) Literally culture of sixes, a term used to refer to a tendency to be satisfied with mediocre results, 'sixes' referring to grades that are only barely high enough to pass a test."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Netherlands",
        "derogatory",
        "feminine",
        "often"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "nl:zesjescultuur"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzɛs.jəs.kʏlˌtyːr/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-zesjescultuur.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1f/Nl-zesjescultuur.ogg/Nl-zesjescultuur.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Nl-zesjescultuur.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "zesjescultuur"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Dutch dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (a644e18 and edd475d). 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.