Noun: hoeksteen
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
| Sg. | hoeksteen |
| Pl. | hoekstenen |
Sample Sentences
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Bij deze torenbouw is de hoeksteen van een hardere steensoort. (In this type of tower construction the cornerstone is made of a harder type of stone.)
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De confessionelen zagen het kerngezin als hoeksteen van de samenleving. (The confessional parties viewed the nuclear family as the cornerstone of society.)
Nouns inflected like hoeksteen
scheen,
bombeen,
linkerbeen,
wijnsteen,
penteen,
fenomeen,
klappersteen,
maalsteen,
Helleen,
Armeen,
schoorsteen,
epifenomeen,
zonneleen,
maansteen,
dijbeen,
zoemsteen,
niersteen,
rechterbeen,
hagelsteen,
bruikleen, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From hoek + steen. The generic figurative sense developed after figurative use in the Hebrew Bible in Psalm 118 and Jeremiah 28, and in the New Testament in the synoptic gospels, Acts, Ephesians 2 and 1 Peter 2.
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