Feminine

zaak

Sentences

Ben je volkomen zeker van je zaak ?

Are you absolutely sure?

Ik zal dit onderzoeken , maar dit is geen
🙅

persoonlijke zaak .

I shall look into the matter.

Dat is toch de meest normale zaak van de wereld
🗺️

.

That is the most normal thing in the world.

Dan nu de kern van de zaak .

I want to come back to the heart of the matter, however.

Dan nu over de zaak zelf: ik wil bij het laatste punt beginnen .

As regards the matter at hand, I would like to begin with the last point.

Meaning

(feminine) a thing, matter (general term with for a concept other than animate beings)
(feminine) a matter, affair, business
(feminine) a business, commercial enterprise, store, shop
(feminine) a court case, law suit

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/zaːk/

Inherited from Middle Dutch

Inherited from Old Dutch

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In summary

From Middle Dutch sāke, from Old Dutch *saka, from Proto-West Germanic *saku, from Proto-Germanic *sakō. 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”).

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Feminine

zaak

Sentences

De zaak is heel belangrijk .

Ben je volkomen zeker van je zaak ?

Ik zal dit onderzoeken , maar dit is geen 🙅 persoonlijke zaak .

Dat is toch de meest normale zaak van de wereld 🗺️ .

Dan nu de kern van de zaak .

Dan nu over de zaak zelf: ik wil bij het laatste punt beginnen .

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