beschaving
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /bəˈsxaː.vɪŋ/
- (Belgium)
beschaving (file) - (Netherlands)
beschaving (file) - Hyphenation: be‧scha‧ving
- Rhymes: -aːvɪŋ
Noun[edit]
beschaving f (plural beschavingen, diminutive beschavinkje n)
- civilization (organised culture encompassing many communities)
- Voor de verwoestijning van het schiereiland was dit het kerngebied van verschillende oude beschavingen.
- Prior to the desertification of the peninsula this was the core area of several ancient civilisations.
- civilization (society, as opposed to wild nature)
- De schipbreukelingen wisten de beschaving te bereiken.
- The castaways managed to reach civilisation.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Afrikaans: beskawing