structuur

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch structuur, from Middle French structure, from Latin structura (“a fitting together, adjustment, building, erection, a building, edifice, structure”), from structus (“pile up, arrange, assemble, build”), past participle of struere. Compare construct, instruct, destroy, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /strʏkˈtyr/, [strʏkˈtyːr]

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• Hyphenation: struc‧tuur
• Rhymes: -yr

Noun

structuur f (plural structuren, diminutive structuurtje n)

1. structure

Derived terms

• hoofdstructuur
• structureel
• structureren
• structuurformule

Descendants

• Afrikaans: struktuur
• → Indonesian: struktur