beurtbalk

Dutch

Etymology

From beurt (“turn, as in a chance to use something”) +‎ balk (“bar, beam”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbøːrt.bɑlk/
  • Hyphenation: beurt‧balk

Noun

beurtbalk m (plural beurtbalken, diminutive beurtbalkje n)

  1. (chiefly in the diminutive) a checkout divider, a separator to put between the products of different customers on the conveyor belt in a supermarket
    • 2014, Anna Drijver, Ei, Nijgh & Van Ditmar:
      Een gespierde man met een bomberjack zette een beurtbalkje neer achter haar fles en begon zijn boodschappen op de lopende band te stapelen.
      A muscular man in a bomberjack put a separator behind her bottle and began to stack his groceries on the conveyor belt.
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