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Dutch to English translations [PRO] Military / Defense / This is from Belgium so it\'s the Flemish dialect | |||||||
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Haardstede and inlijving Haardstede or haardstee and inlijving Explanation: Haardstede is an old and rather prosaic way of describing the house in which one lives since it contains a fire place as opposed to places that lacked one and would thus be rendered not suitable for living in. Inlijving would be best described as 'toetreding' which in English in this contect I would translate to 'He was at home awaiting admission to the military' or 'to join the military'. The latter being a more litteral translation. - het verplicht of gedwongen toetreden tot een groep Inlijving is een proces waardoor zaken of personen verbonden worden op grond van regel, wet, afspraak, kracht of macht Inlijving tot de adel is een van de manieren waarop een persoon tot de adeldom kan overgaan. In Nederland is deze inlijving geregeld in de Wet op de adeldom van 1 augustus 1994. Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haardstede |
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Reference: Haardstede Reference information: See the third meaning of "haardstede" according to Van Dale: haardstede haard·ste·de zelfstandig naamwoord • de ] • haardsteden 1 haard, stookplaats 2 figuurlijk woning, huis en erf • uitdrukking voor haardsteden en altaren vechten voor zijn vaderland strijden 3 figuurlijk; m.n. i.v.m. militairen woonplaats • naar zijn haardstede terugkeren |
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