aalstreep – Dutch noun declension

Dutch noun forms of aalstreep

Noun: aalstreep
Gender: Feminine Hyphenation:
Sg.aalstreep
Pl.aalstrepen

Sample Sentences

  • De zoogenaamde Muisvaale Paarden hebben zwarte staarten, benevens zwarte maanen, en een zwarten streep, dien de kenners den aalstreep noemen, over de rugstreng. (The so called mousy grey horses have black tails, beside black manes, and a black stripe, that the experts call the eel stripe, over the spine of its back.) [1769, Johann Le Francq van Berkhey, Natuurlyke historie van Holland, Vol. 4, Part 1, page 35:]
  • 2004, Gilles Delaborde, "Fjordenpaard", Pony's en paarden, tr. by Wim Sanders, Biblion (publ.), page 8.
  • De aalstreep is soms duidelijk afgetekend en de zwarte vlekken worden op de benen zebrastrepen. (The dark dorsal line is sometimes clearly distinguishable and on the legs the black spots become zebra stripes.)

Etymology

Compound of aal (“eel”) + streep (“line, stripe”), literally “line on the back of an eel”. Compare German Aalstreif and Aalstrich.

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