sluis

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

sluice, lock

Verb

1. (first-person,form-of,indicative,present,singular) inflection of sluizen:
2. (form-of,indicative,present,second-person,singular) inflection of sluizen:
3. (form-of,imperative) inflection of sluizen:

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/slœy̯s/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle Dutch sluse, from Old Dutch slūsa, from Late Latin exclūsa, sclūsa (“sluice”), from exclūsus, form of exclūdō (“I shut out, I exclude”). Cognate to English sluice.

Sinne

De boot zat geblokkeerd in de sluis .

The boat was blocked in the lock.