gymnastiek

Dutch

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γυμνασία (gumnasía, “athletic training, exercise”), from γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”), because Greek athletes were training naked.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: gym‧nas‧tiek

Noun

gymnastiek f (uncountable)

  1. gymnastics

Derived terms

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