nabootsing

Dutch

Etymology

From nabootsen (“to mimic, imitate”) +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnaː.boːt.sɪŋ/
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Noun

nabootsing f (plural nabootsingen)[1]

  1. (obsolete) imitation; in the favorable sense of copying or emulating
  2. (obsolete) reproduction; neutral sense of making a copy (and the result thereof)
  3. (obsolete) imitation; in the pejorative sense of mere copying

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “nabootsing”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001
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