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:

Concepts

purpose

goal

aim

target

intention

end

intent

objective

plan

butt

meaning

cause

destination

object

conclusion

ending

finish

termination

discussion

insinuation

proposal

design

point

purport

task

mark

subject

topic

bourn

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dul/

Etymology

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.

Wij moeten op absoluut verantwoorde wijze hiervan gebruik maken: dat is ons doel .

We must be totally responsible in our use of it, and that is our aim.

Liberalisering is mijns inziens geen doel op zich .

I feel that liberalisation is not an end in itself.