Dutch

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Etymology

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Contraction of doorsnede: equivalent to door +‎ snee.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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doorsnee (not comparable)

  1. average

Inflection

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Declension of doorsnee
uninflected doorsnee
inflected doorsnee
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial doorsnee
indefinite m./f. sing. doorsnee
n. sing. doorsnee
plural doorsnee
definite doorsnee
partitive doorsnees

Noun

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doorsnee f (plural doorsneden, diminutive doorsneetje n)

  1. cross section
  2. diameter