ruggengraat
Dutch
Alternative forms
- (before 1996) ruggegraat (superseded)
- ruggraat (archaic)
Etymology
Compound of rug + -en- + graat.
Pronunciation
Noun
ruggengraat f or m (plural ruggengraten, diminutive ruggengraatje n)
- vertebral column
- Synonym: wervelkolom
- spine, backbone
- (figuratively) backbone, fundamental support, core of an organization