No. 7,356 in Dutch
bijwijf
Concubine or secondary wife.
In a sentence
De oude verhalen spreken soms over een bijwijf in het gezelschap van de koning.
The old tales sometimes speak of a concubine in the king's company.
Used in an archaic or historical sense, referring to a secondary wife or concubine.
In sommige dialecten wordt 'bijwijf' gebruikt om een bijgelovige vrouw te benoemen.
In some dialects, 'bijwijf' is used to denote a superstitious woman.
Indicates how the word might gain different interpretations regionally based on phonetic resemblance.
De term 'bijwijf' heeft in moderne context soms een pejoratieve bijklank.
The term 'bijwijf' sometimes has a pejorative connotation in modern contexts.
Describes the word's potential negative connotation or cultural shift in meaning over time.
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