schoorsteen

Meaning

1. (masculine) a chimney (vertical tube or hollow column; a flue)
2. (masculine) the smokestack of a steamboat or steam locomotive

Hyphenated as

schoor‧steen

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsxoːr.steːn/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch schoorsteen, equivalent to schoren (“to support”) + steen (“stone”), originally meaning a fireplace supporting a smoke channel, like the word chimney.

Sentences

Het was een mooie winteravond en er kwam rook uit de schoorsteen .

It was a beautiful winter evening and smoke came out of the chimney.