Masculine

hals

Meaning

  1. (broadly, masculine) the neck
  2. (masculine) the front side of the neck; throat
  3. (masculine, metonymically) one's life, survival

Concepts

neck
throat
knob
handle
cervix
pillock
scrag
scruff
gomeral
fool
gander
gullet
nape
Synonyms

nek
B1
handvat
C2
gevest
keel
B1
knop
B2
heft
C2
ezel
B2
🫏
ezelsveulen
hansworst
40k
idioot
A2
kalf
C2
koe
B2
🐮
kuiken
C2
rund
C2

schaapskop

steel
C1
stomkop
C2
stommeling
C1
sufferd
C2
uil
C2
🦉
gehaktbal
25k
boerenlul
43k
kwezel
oelewapper
oen
C2
onbenul
23k

druiloor

kaffer
42k
leeghoofd
23k
oliebol
uilskuiken
20k
dommerik
C2
flessenhals
oetlul
28k

kloris

minkukel
38k
sufkut

jojo

uilenbal

zultkop

droplul
38k
dombo
C2

kalfskop

weetniet

flapdrol
31k
eendenkuiken

bal gehakt

simpele
B2

nitwit

zakkenwasser
26k
Translations

Hals
cuello
cou
collo
coll
pescoço
collum
boyun
cervix

qirrik

gerden

hefik

λαιμός

Knauf
Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɦɑls/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch
hals
Inherited from Old Dutch
hals
In summary

From Middle Dutch hals, from Old Dutch hals, from Proto-West Germanic *hals, from Proto-Germanic *halsaz.

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