sexuele

Sexuele is a form of the Dutch word seksueel, an adjective meaning relating to sex or sexuality. In standard Dutch, the lemma is seksueel, and before a noun the attributive form seksuele is used (for example, seksuele gezondheid, seksuele voorlichting). The spelling sexueel or sexuele is not considered the norm in contemporary Dutch and is typically regarded as a nonstandard variant or misspelling.

Etymology and form: The Dutch adjective seksueel is built from the noun seks (sex) plus a suffix common to adjectives, -ueel. The related noun seksueeliteit (sexuality) and other derivatives share the same root. The inflected form seksuele appears when the adjective modifies a singular noun, as in seksuele gezondheid (sexual health) or seksuele geaardheid (sexual orientation).

Usage: The term is widely employed in fields such as medicine, psychology, education, sociology, and public policy to describe topics connected with sex and sexuality. Common collocations include seksuele gezondheid (sexual health), seksuele voorlichting (sex education), seksuele activiteit (sexual activity), and seksuele geaardheid (sexual orientation). In formal writing, seksueel remains the base form; seksuele is used as the qualifier before nouns, while the predicative form is often seksueel in phrases like De relatie is seksueel gezond.

See also: Sexual health, sexuality education, sexual orientation, sexual behavior, and related concepts in health, education, and law. Variants in other languages may exist, but in Dutch the standard spelling of the inflected adjective before a noun is seksuele.