zelfstandig

Meaning

  1. independent, autonomous, sovereign
  2. self-employed
  3. self-reliant, self-supporting

Concepts

independent

autonomic

independant

autonomous

unconscious

self-employed

substantive

singly

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
zelf‧stan‧dig
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌzɛlfˈstɑn.dəx/
Etymology

From zelf- + stand + -ig, calque of German selbstständig. First attested in the late sixteenth century. Compare also English selfstanding.

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