steunen

Meaning

1. (transitive) to support, keep up, back up, assist
2. (intransitive) to rest, be based or founded on
3. (intransitive) to moan, groan

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈstøː.nə(n)/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch stōnen, from Old Dutch *stonōn, *stunōn, from Proto-West Germanic *stunōn (“to sound, crash, bang, strike, knock”), from Proto-Germanic *stunōną (“to make a loud sound, thunder, crash, rumble, groan”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂- (“to thunder”).

New

steun

1. (masculine) support
2. (masculine) backup
3. (Netherlands,informal,masculine) dole, unemployment benefit

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Hartelijk dank en ik verzoek u allen dit verslag morgen te steunen .

Thank you very much and I ask you all to support this report tomorrow.

Daarom vraag
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ik u om deze richtlijn en dit compromis te steunen .

I would therefore ask you to support this directive and this compromise.

Wij steunen echter de amendementen inzake minder bureaucratie voor de ondernemingen .

We support, however, the amendments involving reduced bureaucracy for companies.

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