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The Dutch word for leg is
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leg

Dutch Definition


leg
     1. been
     2. poot

Translations for leg and their definitions

been ©
     1. n-n. (topics, Body parts) leg, limb of a person, horse (other animals' would have poten) and certain objects (again many have poten)
           De benen van een passer. - The legs of a pair of compasses.
     2. n-n. (mathematics) side, leg
           De benen van een hoek. - The sides of an angle.
     3. n-n. the upper part of a sock, above the ankle.
     4. n-n. (topics, Body parts) bone, constituent part of a skeleton.
           De archeologen vonden oude beenderen van een dinosaurus in de opgraving. - The archaeologists found ancient bones of a dinosaur in the excavation.
     5. n-n. (topics, Body parts) bone, the chalky material bones are made of.
     6. v. first-person singular present indicative of benen
     7. v. imperative of benen


poot
     1. n-m. (topics, Body parts) limb (arm or leg) of an animal (sometimes human)
           Spinnen hebben acht poten. - Spiders have eight legs.
     2. n-m. (topics, Body parts) informal leg or foot
           Geen poot hebben om op te staan. - Not having a leg to stand on.
     3. n-m. (topics, Body parts) informal hand
           Blijf met je poten van me af! - Keep your hands off me!
     4. n-m. leg of an object, e.g. furniture
           Een kruk met drie poten. - A stool with three legs.
     5. n-m. (derogatory) homosexual man, fag, poof (shortened form of ruigpoot)
     6. n-m. (vulgar, derogatory) homosexual man
     7. v. first-person singular present indicative of poten
     8. v. second-person singular present indicative of poten
     9. v. third-person singular present indicative of poten
     10. v. imperative of poten


scheen
     1. n-f. (chiefly plural) shin
     2. n-f. strip of wood or metal
     3. v. singular past indicative of schijnen


scheenbeen
     1. n-n. (topics, Bones) A tibia (bone of the leg).
     2. n-n. A shin, the front of a vertebrate leg beneath the knee.


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