tegenwerken

Dutch (Brabantic)

verb
Definitions
  • to counter, to work in opposition to
  • to struggle, to be stubborn

Etymology

Compound from Dutch, Flemish tegen (against, counter-, counter, opposite, contra-, anti) + Dutch, Flemish werken (work).

Origin

Dutch (Brabantic)

werken

Gloss

work

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

Emoji
✂️ 🏗️

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms