Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dutch term or phrase:
aanbehoren
English translation:
appurtenances
Dutch term
aanbehoren
4 +4 | appurtenances | Michael Beijer |
Apr 5, 2014 14:15: Michael Beijer Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
appurtenances
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Note added at 16 mins (2014-03-27 17:08:33 GMT)
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See also: aanbehoren = belong to
– Jansonius, Dr. H.: (Nieuw) Groot Nederlands-Engels woordenboek voor studie en practijk (Numij, 1972)
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Note added at 21 mins (2014-03-27 17:13:21 GMT)
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*** ‘appurtenant’:
Vocabulary.com:
‘Something that is appurtenant helps or supports something else. Good physical health is appurtenant to mental well-being.
The adjective appurtenant sounds similar to pertinent, and you can use the two words in the same way, to show that something relates or belongs to something else.
Appurtenant shows up a lot in scholarly writing, in situations like a building addition that fits, or is appurtenant to the original structure, or a legal decision about whether a claim of discrimination is appurtenant to a particular law.’
(http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/appartement#word=appurt... )
Oxford:
appurtenant = Belonging; pertinent:
e.g.: ‘properties appurtenant to the main building’
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Note added at 22 mins (2014-03-27 17:14:17 GMT)
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It’s also in the Onroerend Goed Lexicon:
aanbehoren = appurtenances
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Note added at 1 hr (2014-03-27 18:22:01 GMT)
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Another example from Oxforddictionaries.com:
‘According to the US Department of the Interior, it is 726.4 ft tall, weighs more than 6.6 million tons and has 118 million ft of concrete in the dam, power plant, and appurtenant works.’
The wall folds around necessary culinary appurtenances and exposes the kitchen to the rest of the living spaces.
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