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onderbouw.

the foundational part of a construction (e.g. a building) which serves to support that which has been built upon it; as in infrastructure

9 characters3 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. the foundational part of a construction (e.g. a building) which serves to support that which has been built upon it; as in infrastructure

    masculine
  2. the lower-level classes of a school, e.g. the 1st and 2nd grades of grammar school in the Netherlands, or the first few years of secondary school in both the Netherlands and Flanders

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From onder- + bouw.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.