• IPA^(key): /ˈbuk.staːf/

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• Hyphenation:boek‧staaf

FromMiddle Dutchboecstaef,boecstave, fromOld Dutchbuocstaf,*buocstavo, fromProto-Germanic*bōkastabô,*bōkastabaz(“letter, written symbol”), equivalent toboek +‎staaf. CompareGermanBuchstabe,Englishbookstave.

boekstaaf m (pluralboekstaven,diminutiveboekstaafje n)

1. letter

• (letter):letter,letterteken

• boekstaven

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

boekstaaf

1. inflection ofboekstaven:
   1. first-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. (in case ofinversion)second-personsingularpresentindicative
   3. imperative

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