Feminine

staking

An user
Door   de   staking   werk   ik   morgen   van   thuis .

Due to the strike, I will be working from home tomorrow.

  1. (feminine) strike (work stoppage)
  2. (feminine) cessation, delay, the act of ending or delaying something
  3. (feminine) deadlock, tie in voting

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈstaː.kɪŋ/
Etymology

From staken + -ing. First attested in the sixteenth century.

Related words

werkstaking

werkonderbreking

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