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vak.

a compartment (e.g. a shelf, a section)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/vɑk/
  1. a compartment (e.g. a shelf, a section)

    neuter
  2. a subject, discipline, class, notably in education

    neuter
  3. a profession

    neuter
  4. a trade, craft

    neuter
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch vac, from Old Dutch *fak, from Proto-West Germanic *fak, from Proto-Germanic *faką. In some of the contemporary senses probably influenced by cognate German Fach.

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