droogmakerij

Dutch

Etymology

From droogmaken +‎ -erij.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdroːx.maː.kəˈrɛi̯/

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• Hyphenation: droog‧ma‧ke‧rij
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯

Noun

droogmakerij f (plural droogmakerijen, diminutive droogmakerijtje n)

1. a portion of land that is being or has been formed by draining a body of water or a marsh
2. the process or enterprise of producing such a portion of land

Hypernyms

• (portion of land): polder