winkel.
shop, store (establishment that sells goods to the public)
Meaning & usage
shop, store (establishment that sells goods to the public)
Ik ga naar de winkel om wat boodschappen te doen.
Die winkel verkoopt de mooiste handgemaakte sieraden.
a shop, service point
a corner, as in winkelhaak
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch winkel (“corner”), from Old Dutch winkel, from Proto-West Germanic *winkil, from Proto-Indo-European *weng- (“to bend, bow, arch, curve”). Cognate with German Winkel, Old English wincel. The meaning "shop" is derived from the meaning "corner in which merchandise is stalled".
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