zaak.
a thing, matter (general term with for a concept other than animate beings)
Meaning & usage
a thing, matter (general term with for a concept other than animate beings)
a matter, affair, business
Het is voor de gemeente ook een lastige zaak.
Wat je in je prive leven doet is je zaak.
a business, commercial enterprise, store, shop
a court case, law suit
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch sāke, from Old Dutch *saka, from Proto-West Germanic *saku, from Proto-Germanic *sakō. Cognate with English sake, West Frisian saak (“cause; business”), Low German Saak, German Sache (“thing; matter; cause; legal cause”), Yiddish זאַך (zakh), Danish sag, Swedish and Norwegian sak, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌾𐍉 (sakjō, “dispute, argument”).
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