baan.
a road, way, path
Meaning & usage
a road, way, path
Ik zit al acht uur op de baan.
a track, lane
a job, professional occupation
Ik heb een nieuwe baan.
orbit (path of one object around another)
a job (task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode)
court, field (place for playing sports or games, in particular non-team ball games)
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch bāne, from Old Dutch *bana, from Proto-West Germanic *banu, from Proto-Germanic *banō. Compare German Bahn.
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