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6,855 languages with published entries

Sign languages

40 sign languages with signs. Signs are shown in SignWriting, never as notation.

British Sign Language
117 published entries
Yugoslavian Sign Language
60 published entries
Philippine Sign Language
60 published entries
Nicaraguan Sign Language
60 published entries
German Sign Language
60 published entries
Czech Sign Language
60 published entries
Swiss-French Sign Language
60 published entries
Brazilian Sign Language
60 published entries
Maltese Sign Language
60 published entries
Polish Sign Language
60 published entries
Singapore Sign Language
60 published entries
South African Sign Language
55 published entries
Mexican Sign Language
54 published entries
American Sign Language
50 published entries
Taiwan Sign Language
48 published entries
Quebec Sign Language
42 published entries
Egypt Sign Language
40 published entries
Paraguayan Sign Language
39 published entries
Spanish Sign Language
33 published entries
Albanian Sign Language
31 published entries
Norwegian Sign Language
24 published entries
Hungarian Sign Language
24 published entries
Ethiopian Sign Language
23 published entries
French Sign Language
21 published entries
Thai Sign Language
19 published entries
Ho Chi Minh City Sign Language
16 published entries
Japanese Sign Language
11 published entries
Colombian Sign Language
11 published entries
Romanian Sign Language
11 published entries
Korean Sign Language
9 published entries
Peruvian Sign Language
7 published entries
Catalan Sign Language
6 published entries
Tunisian Sign Language
6 published entries
Russian Sign Language
5 published entries
New Zealand Sign Language
5 published entries
Italian Sign Language
5 published entries
Swiss-German Sign Language
5 published entries
Saudi Arabian Sign Language
5 published entries
Argentine Sign Language
4 published entries
Adamorobe Sign Language
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2 published entries

Dutch

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NLDutch

word[ʋɔrt]

verb

This is a form of the verb 'worden', which means to become.

“Ik word morgen achttien jaar oud.”

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I will become eighteen years old tomorrow.

Also means

inflection of worden:
become

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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NLDutch

pies[ˈpis]Means word

noun

A word for urine or the act of urinating. It is informal and slightly vulgar.

“Ik moet even piesen.”

I need to take a pee.

Also means

alternative form of pis; pee, piss
pee

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

Adapted

NLDutch

waken(wah-kuhn)[ˈʋaːkə(n)]Appears in an example

verb

to stop sleeping

“Ik word elke ochtend om zeven uur wakker.”

I wake up every morning at seven o'clock.

Also means

to wake

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NLDutch

woordenboek[ˈʋoːrdə(n)ˌbuk]Appears in an example

noun

A book that lists words in alphabetical order and gives their meanings.

“Ik zoek het woord op in het woordenboek.”

I am looking up the word in the dictionary.

Also means

dictionary

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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