lijn
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Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Dutch līne, from Old Dutch *līna, from Proto-Germanic *līnǭ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”). In several senses influenced by Latin līnea; compare linie.
Noun[edit]
lijn f (plural lijnen, diminutive lijntje n)
- (geometry) A line.
- Synonym: streep
- Any line or curve.
- De lijnen in het schilderij waren erg lelijk.
- The lines in the painting were very ugly.
- A rope, a cable.
- A route, a line (of transport, especially of public transport and airlines).
- Synonym: route
- A leash for restraining animals.
- Synonym: leiband
- Honden moeten in het park aan de lijn.
- Dogs must be kept on a leash in the park.
- (chess) A file.
- A diet.
- Mijn kinderen zijn aan de lijn.
- My children are on a diet.
- Short for waslijn.
- Hij hangt de broeken aan de lijn.
- He is hanging the trousers on the clothesline.
- Short for telefoonlijn.
- Wie heb ik aan de lijn? Hallo, hallo?
- Who is on the line? Hello? Hello?
- (usually diminutive, slang) A line of drugs in powder form.
Coordinate terms[edit]
- (drug dose): nakkie, nak, sleutelpunt
Derived terms[edit]
- in de lijn der verwachting liggen
- buslijn
- hondenlijn
- kustlijn
- lijnpunt
- lijnstuk
- middellijn
- raaklijn
- richtlijn
- scheidingslijn
- spoorlijn
- telefoonlijn
- tramlijn
- waslijn
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
lijn
- inflection of lijnen:
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