honkbal – Dutch noun declension

Dutch noun forms of honkbal

Noun: honkbal
Gender: Neuter, Masculine Hyphenation:
uncountable
Sg.honkbal
Pl.honkballen

Sample Sentences

  • 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.) [2009, Wilna Groenenboom, Document Bonaire, page 91:]

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Middle Dutch honc
3. Dutch honk
4. Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.
5. Proto-Germanic *balluz
6. Proto-West Germanic *ballu
7. Old Dutch *bal
8. Middle Dutch bal
9. Dutch bal
10. ▲
11. English baseballcalq.
12. Dutch honkbal
13. From honk + bal. Calque of English baseball. See: English Nouns 'baseball'.

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