beschaafd
Meaning
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- civilized, cultured
- courteous, polite
Concepts
well-mannered
polite
courteous
civilized
gentlemanlike
ladylike
accomplished
civil
cultured
well-bred
Polite
high-minded
gallantly
Frequency
Hyphenated as
be‧schaafd
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bəˈsxaːft/
Etymology
From beschaven.
New
beschaven
- (transitive) to civilize
- (obsolete,transitive) to smoothen by scraping (with a plane)
- (obsolete,transitive) to rob, to bereave
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