zaak – Dutch noun declension

Dutch noun forms of zaak

Noun: zaak
Gender: Feminine Hyphenation:
Sg.zaak
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Sample Sentences

  • Het is voor de gemeente ook een lastige zaak. (It's also a cumbersome matter for the municipality.)
  • Wat je in je prive leven doet is je zaak. (What you do in your private life is your business.)

Etymology

1. From Middle Dutch sāke, from Old Dutch *saka, from Proto-West Germanic *saku, from Proto-Germanic *sakō.
2. 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”). See: English Nouns 'sake', German Nouns 'Sache', Danish Nouns 'sag', Gothic Nouns '𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌾𐍉'.

Verbs referencing "zaak"

English Nouns sake, Danish Nouns sag, German Nouns Sache, Icelandic Nouns sök, Old English Nouns sacu, Swedish Nouns sak.

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