doel

Meaning

Noun

1. (neuter) aim, purpose
2. (neuter) destination
3. (neuter) goal

Verb

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

doelen

• Verb
• Noun

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Concepts

purpose

goal

target

aim

intention

end

🔚

objective

plan

intent

meaning

butt

destination

cause

object

discussion

mark

conclusion

point

proposal

purport

subject

bourn

task

termination

topic

finish

design

insinuation

ending

Synonyms

bedoeling

doelstelling

doelwit

honk

🏠

voornemen

strekking

wit

toeleg

objectief

zin

plan

oogmerk

goal

reden

intentie

target

doeleinde oogmerk

beëindiging

besluit

bestemming

doelpunt

eind

🔚

einde

end

gewicht

mikpunt

nut

streefdoel

voleinding

woord

zeggen

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Translations

Ziel

but

Zweck

Absicht

dessein

intenção

amaç

alvo

objetivo

proposito

hedef

Plan

intention

scopo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dul/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: doel

Inherited from Old Dutch: *duola

In summary

From Middle Dutch doel, doele (“ditch that separated two fields”), from Old Dutch *duola, from Proto-Germanic *dōlijǭ, *dōlijō (“dale, valley”). Related to dal (“dale, valley”). Likely, the initial meaning was "ditch, pit" which shifted to "pile of earth" to "pile of earth used as target in a shooting range" to "shooting target" to "goal".

Sentences

Het doel van het theater was om jonge mensen een podium te geven .

The aim of the theatre was to give young people a stage.

Ik denk dat we met ieders medewerking dit doel echt kunnen bereiken .

I believe that we certainly can attain this goal thanks to everyone's cooperation.

Het was even schrikken , maar dat is natuurlijk het doel van een spookhuis .

It was a bit of a shock, but that is of course the purpose of a haunted house.

Het doel is deze diversiteit om te zetten in een mogelijkheid voor iedereen .

The aim is to make it possible to turn this diversity into an opportunity for everybody.

Handelsbeleid is geen doel op zich .

Trade policy is not an end in itself.

U vraagt zich wellicht af wat ons uiteindelijke doel is met deze richtlijn .

You may ask what our final objectives are with this directive.