mindering
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch minderinge. By surface analysis, minderen + -ing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɪn.də.rɪŋ/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: min‧de‧ring
- Rhymes: -ɪndərɪŋ
Noun
mindering f (plural minderingen, no diminutive)
- reduction
- Synonyms: reductie, vermindering
- Antonyms: meerdering, vermeerdering
- (knitting, crochet) decrease
- Antonym: meerdering
References
- Matthias de Vries; Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864), “mindering”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001