Dutch language

How to pronounce decline in Dutch?

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Type Words
Synonyms worsen
Type of change state, turn
Has types retrograde, devolve, turn down, deteriorate, drop, drop away, drop off, fail, deprive, degenerate, fall away, tumble, suffer, impoverish, inflame, come down, lose, slip, sicken, retrogress, regress
Derivation declension, declination
Type Words
Synonyms declination
Type of status, condition
Has types disuse, wreck, neglect, twilight
Type Words
Synonyms correct, slump
Type of go down, fall, descend, come down
Type Words
Synonyms refuse
Type of react, respond
Has types disobey, reject, disdain, repudiate, regret, scorn, pooh-pooh, spurn, contract out, freeze off, turn down


he declined to join the group on a hike.
Type Words
Synonyms pass up, refuse, reject, turn down
Has types bounce, dishonor, dishonour
Verb group spurn, reject, pooh-pooh, scorn, freeze off, disdain, turn down
Derivation declination
Type Words
Synonyms declension, declination, declivity, descent, downslope, fall
Type of side, incline, slope
Has types downhill, steep
Type Words
Synonyms decay
Type of decrement, decrease
Has types exponential decay, exponential return
Type Words
Synonyms go down, wane
Type of diminish, decrease, fall, lessen
Has types wear on, dip, drop
Type Words
Synonyms diminution
Type of decrement, decrease
Has types loss, erosion, nosedive, ebbing, sinking spell, slippage, ebb, detumescence, deterioration, wane, worsening, decline in quality, declension
Type Words
Type of drop
Has types sink, dip
Derivation declension, declination


The roof declines here.
Type Words
Type of inflect
Derivation declension


in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives.