Talk:bruggenhoofd

RFV discussion: February 2021–May 2023
Dutch, RFV-sense of "an area around the end of a bridge". This seems an incorrect interference from the English sense; in relation to bridges it seems that the sense of "support/pillar of a bridge" does occur frequently. ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  13:49, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
 * As the editor, I actually took this sense from the Wikipedia article landhoofd, which considers bruggenhoofd to be a synonym of (e.g., the area connecting ground and bridge, including the support structure). Morgengave (talk) 13:54, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Okay, I agree it is used for the structure connecting the extended parts of a bridge and the ground. The meaning of English bridgehead in relation to actual bridges is about a small area (considered to be strategic) and to my knowledge not about really the support structure. ←₰-→  Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  14:05, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
 * In Dutch it can have the same strategic sense:, , . It can also be used in a figurative sense: , , . --Lambiam 08:03, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I think there is a misunderstanding here due to my use of "strategic", but senses 2 and 3 are not contested. The discussion above is about the non-military sense for a small area around the end of a bridge, that I have RFV'd, and a support element at the end of a bridge. ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  18:27, 17 February 2021 (UTC)


 * RFV failed. Vox Sciurorum (talk) 16:47, 17 May 2023 (UTC)