vak

Dutch (Brabantic)

/vɑk/

noun
Definitions
  • compartment (e.g. a shelf, a section)
  • subject (in school)
  • profession
  • trade, craft

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch vac inherited from Old Dutch *fak inherited from *fak inherited from Proto-Germanic *faką (division, part, space, department, piece) derived from German Fach (subject, compartment, drawer, field of study, profession).

Origin

German (Berlin)

Fach

Gloss

subject, compartment, drawer, field of study, profession

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