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hoofd.

head

5 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɦoːft/

  1. head

    neuter
    Het standbeeld had een groot bronzen hoofd.

  2. head (of an organisation), chief, boss

    neuter
    Hij is de directeur en het hoofd van het bedrijf.
    De burgemeester is het hoofd van de gemeente.

  3. a transversal dam or pier at the entrance of a sea harbour

    neuter
    De vuurtoren stond op het hoofd van de haven om de schepen veilig binnen te loodsen.

  4. oral sex

    neuter · slang · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch hôvet, hôoft, from Old Dutch hōvit, from Proto-West Germanic *haubud, from Proto-Germanic *haubudą. The sense “oral sex” is a semantic loan from English head.

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