Neuter
hoofd
- (neuter) head
- (neuter) head (of an organisation), chief, boss
- (neuter) a transversal dam or pier at the entrance of a sea harbour
- (neuter, slang, uncountable) oral sex
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɦoːft/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle Dutch hôvet, hôoft, from Old Dutch hōvit, from Proto-West Germanic *haubud, from Proto-Germanic *haubudą. The sense “oral sex” is a semantic loan from English head.
Related words
person in authority
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