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verkeer.

traffic

7 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/vərˈkeːr/
  1. traffic

    neuter · no-diminutive · uncountable
  2. intercourse, exchange, dealings

    neuter · no-diminutive · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Attested late 18th century. Deverbal derivation from verkeren, probably after slightly earlier German Verkehr (early 18th c.). In both languages the original sense is “exchange, dealings”. The sense “traffic” appears around 1850.

noun/vərˈkeːr/
  1. verquere, a historical tables game

    historical · neuter · uncountable
  2. a game of verquere

    diminutive · neuter · obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Probably a shortening of verkeerbord or a deverbal from verkeren, although it is unclear which sense of verkeren is meant.

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