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baan.

a road, way, path

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/baːn/
  1. a road, way, path

    Belgium · feminine
    Ik zit al acht uur op de baan.
  2. a track, lane

    feminine
  3. a job, professional occupation

    feminine
    Ik heb een nieuwe baan.
  4. orbit (path of one object around another)

    feminine
  5. a job (task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode)

    feminine
  6. court, field (place for playing sports or games, in particular non-team ball games)

    feminine
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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