dalen

Sentences
An user
Het   aantal   landbouwers   blijft   dalen .

The number of farmers continues to decline.

Meaning

dal

valley

Synonyms

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdaːlə(n)/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch dālen, from Old Dutch *dalon. Equivalent to dal (“valley”) + -en. Derived in Old Dutch times, and apparently only shared with Low Saxon. The regular Germanic word is vallen, which has now acquired a more specific sense of “stumble” or “drop uncontrolledly”.

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