vluchtelingenkamp

Dutch

Etymology

From vluchteling +‎ -en- +‎ kamp, probably a calque of English refugee camp. First attested around 1900 in relation to the Second Boer War, denoting the British internment/concentration camps. As a result it was initially considered a cynical, sanitised term, but the word became more neutral during the First World War.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvlʏx.tə.lɪ.ŋə(n)ˌkɑmp/

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• Hyphenation: vluch‧te‧lin‧gen‧kamp

Noun

vluchtelingenkamp n (plural vluchtelingenkampen, diminutive vluchtelingenkampje n)

1. refugee camp