onderbouw

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) the foundational part of a construction (e.g. a building) which serves to support that which has been built upon it; as in infrastructure
2. (masculine) the lower-level classes of a school, e.g. the 1st and 2nd grades of grammar school in the Netherlands, or the first few years of secondary school in both the Netherlands and Flanders

Verb

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

onderbouwen

1. (Belgium) to support, to buttress
2. to substantiate (a claim), to corroborate, to justify

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Concepts

base

basement

basis

bed

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foundation

groundwork

substructure

ISCED 2

lower secondary

Synonyms

fundering

fundament

ISCED 2

lager secundair onderwijs

laag stenen

Translations

Fundament

Unterbau

ISCED 2

Mittelstufe

corps

Sekundarstufe 1

base

θεμέλιο

bâti

châssis

Unterstufe

fondement

assise

fondations

fonament

Etymology

From onder- + bouw.