beschaving
Dutch
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /bəˈsxaː.vɪŋ/
Audio (Belgium): (file) Audio (Netherlands): (file) - Hyphenation: be‧scha‧ving
- Rhymes: -aːvɪŋ
Noun
editbeschaving f (plural beschavingen, diminutive beschavinkje n)
- civilization (organised culture encompassing many communities)
- Voor de verwoestijning van het schiereiland was dit het kerngebied van verschillende oude beschavingen.
- Prior to the desertification of the peninsula this was the core area of several ancient civilisations.
- civilization (society, as opposed to wild nature)
- De schipbreukelingen wisten de beschaving te bereiken.
- The castaways managed to reach civilisation.
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Afrikaans: beskawing