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Compound of nek (“neck”) + slag (“hit, blow”).
- IPA(key): /ˈnɛkˌslɑx/
- Hyphenation: nek‧slag
nekslag m (plural nekslagen, diminutive nekslagje n)
- (literally) hit in the neck
- (figuratively) deathblow
- Synonyms: doodsteek, genadeslag