honkbal
Dutch
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[edit]Etymology 1
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From honk + bal. Calque of English baseball.
Noun
[edit]honkbal n (uncountable, no diminutive)
- baseball (sport) [from ca. 1900]
- 2009, Wilna Groenenboom, Document Bonaire, page 91:
- Waar toeristen Bonaire vooral bezoeken om er te duiken, zijn de eilanders zelf grote liefhebbers van honkbal en voetbal.
- Whereas tourists primarily visit Bonaire in order to dive, the islanders themselves are avid fans of baseball and football.
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]honkbal m (plural honkballen, diminutive honkballetje n)
- baseball (ball)
- 1996, Henri A. V. M. Stekelenburg, Hier is alles vooruitgang. Landverhuizing van Noord-Brabant naar Noord-Amerika, 1880-1940, Stichting Zuidelijk Historisch Contact, page 155:
- Terwijl de kolonisten in Chinook Onafhankelijkheidsdag vierden, kwam een enorme hagelbui met hagelstenen zo groot als honkballen de gehele oogst vernietigen.
- While the colonists in Chinook were celebrating Independence Day, an enormous hailstorm with hailstones as large as baseballs arrived and destroyed the entire harvest.
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]honkbal
- inflection of honkballen:
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