The Dutch word for leg is
been
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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