geslacht

Meaning

Noun

1. (neuter) sex
2. (neuter) gender
3. (neuter) grammatical gender
4. (neuter) lineage
5. (neuter) generation
6. (neuter) genus

Verb

past participle of slachten

Concepts

gender

sex

genus

tribe

clan

kind

generation

family

sort

type

house

race

species

class

lineage

variety

genre

kin

stock

people

mankind

style

way

Astarte

genders

sexes

sexuality

sexuation

art form

form

generic group

feminine

gender role

head man

Sept

ancestry

blood

bloodline

ichimon

kinfolk

kinsfolk

line

origin

parentage

phratry

relatives

dynasty

predicable

zoological nomenclature

subspecies

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɣəˈslɑxt/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch geslachte, from slachte, from Old Dutch slahta, from Proto-Germanic *slahtō, related to *slahaną (“to hit, strike”), compare German Geschlecht (“gender, kind, lineage”).