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Detailed Translations for descent from English to Dutch

descent:

descent [the ~] noun

  1. the descent (origin; ancestry; provenance; )
    de herkomst; de origine; de afkomst; de afstamming; de komaf
  2. the descent (landing; touchdown)
    de daling; de afdaling; de landing
  3. the descent (lineage)
    afstammen; het spruiten
  4. the descent (inclination; incline; ramp; slope; slip)
    de glooiing; glooiingshoek

Translation Matrix for descent:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
afdaling descent; landing; touchdown
afkomst ancestry; birth; descent; origin; parentage; provenance; source
afstammen descent; lineage
afstamming ancestry; birth; descent; origin; parentage; provenance; source descendant
daling descent; landing; touchdown crash; decline; decrease; deduct; downfall; fall
glooiing descent; inclination; incline; ramp; slip; slope bank; inclination; incline; slope; talus
glooiingshoek descent; inclination; incline; ramp; slip; slope
herkomst ancestry; birth; descent; origin; parentage; provenance; source
komaf ancestry; birth; descent; origin; parentage; provenance; source
landing descent; landing; touchdown fall; landing
origine ancestry; birth; descent; origin; parentage; provenance; source
spruiten descent; lineage cuttings; shoots; sprigs
- declension; declination; decline; declivity; downslope; extraction; fall; filiation; line of descent; lineage; origin
VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
afstammen decend from; derive from; originate from; spring from; sprout
spruiten arise from; decend from; derive from; descend from; originate from; spring from; sprout; sprout from
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- downhill slope; way down

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Related Definitions for "descent":

  1. the act of changing your location in a downward direction1
  2. properties attributable to your ancestry1
  3. a movement downward1
  4. a downward slope or bend1
  5. the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors1

Wiktionary Translations for descent:

descent
noun
  1. sloping passage or incline
  2. lineage or hereditary derivation
  3. instance of descending
  4. way down
descent
noun
  1. de genetische voorgescheidenis van een individu, volk of soort
  2. het dalen, het lager worden

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
descent daalstroom AbwindMeteorologie:
descent verval; achteruitgang Abstieg — die Verringerung eines Niveaus, zum Beispiel des sozialen Status
descent afdaling Abstieg — das Herunterklettern aus der Höhe in tiefere Bereiche
descent afvaart Abfahrt — die Fahrt nach unten, die Fahrt herab oder hinab
descent kleinering; debâcle; ondergang; verval; rampspoed; tegenspoed; achteruitgang; verflauwing; vermindering; besnoeiing; daling; verlaging; verzakking; val; vernedering; verootmoediging; degradatie; degeneratie; ontaarding; verwording abaissementaction d’abaisser, de s’abaisser, ou résultat de cette action.
descent afdaling; neerdaling descenteaction de descendre ou par laquelle on descend.

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