handgemeen

Dutch

Etymology

hand +‎ gemeen

Pronunciation
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  • Rhymes: -eːn
  • Hyphenation: hand‧ge‧meen

Adjective

handgemeen (not comparable)

  1. involved in a fight
    • 1965, Charles Verlinden, Het ontstaan van de Atlantische beschaving: van Renaissance tot verlichting, E. Story-Scientia, page 479:
      Nauwelijks was de vrede van Aken (1748) getekend, of Spanjaarden en Portugezen raakten handgemeen in Zuid-Amerika.
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Synonyms
  • slaags

Usage notes

Occurs in current use only as the complement of a copular verb such as raken, worden en zijn.

Noun

handgemeen n (plural handgemenen, diminutive handgemeentje n)

  1. scuffle (fight)

Synonyms
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