nood

Meaning

  1. (feminine, masculine) emergency, crisis, distress (often used in compounds)
  2. (feminine, masculine) need

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/noːt/
Etymology

From Middle Dutch nôot, from Old Dutch *nōd, from Proto-West Germanic *naudi, from Proto-Germanic *naudiz.

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Sentences
An user
Nood   breekt   wet .

Necessity knows no law.

An user
Een   duidelijke  beslissingsstructuur  maakt   het   mogelijk   schepen   in   nood   op
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  te   vangen .

A clear chain of decision-making will make it possible to provide refuge for ships in distress.