"taak" meaning in Dutch

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Noun

IPA: /taːk/ Audio: Nl-taak.ogg Forms: taken [plural], taakje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -aːk Etymology: 16th century, from Picard take, from Old Northern French tasque, variant of Old French tasche, from Vulgar Latin tasca, from older taxa, deverbal from Latin taxare. Cognate with English task, French tâche. Etymology templates: {{bor|nl|pcd|take}} Picard take, {{der|nl|fro-nor|tasque}} Old Northern French tasque, {{der|nl|fro|tasche}} Old French tasche, {{der|nl|VL.|tasca}} Vulgar Latin tasca, {{der|nl|la|taxo|taxare}} Latin taxare, {{cog|en|task}} English task, {{cog|fr|tâche}} French tâche Head templates: {{nl-noun|f|-en|+}} taak f (plural taken, diminutive taakje n)
  1. task Tags: feminine Synonyms: opdracht, opgave Derived forms: taakbalk, taakeheer, takenpakket
    Sense id: en-taak-nl-noun-DrtCn6ht Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "word": "taak"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Papiamentu",
      "lang_code": "pap",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "taak"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "pcd",
        "3": "take"
      },
      "expansion": "Picard take",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "fro-nor",
        "3": "tasque"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Northern French tasque",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "tasche"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French tasche",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "tasca"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin tasca",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "taxo",
        "4": "taxare"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin taxare",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "task"
      },
      "expansion": "English task",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "tâche"
      },
      "expansion": "French tâche",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "16th century, from Picard take, from Old Northern French tasque, variant of Old French tasche, from Vulgar Latin tasca, from older taxa, deverbal from Latin taxare. Cognate with English task, French tâche.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "taken",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taakje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "taak f (plural taken, diminutive taakje n)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "taak"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "taakbalk"
        },
        {
          "word": "taakeheer"
        },
        {
          "word": "takenpakket"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "task"
      ],
      "id": "en-taak-nl-noun-DrtCn6ht",
      "links": [
        [
          "task",
          "task"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "opdracht"
        },
        {
          "word": "opgave"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/taːk/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-taak.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5d/Nl-taak.ogg/Nl-taak.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Nl-taak.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "taak"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "taakbalk"
    },
    {
      "word": "taakeheer"
    },
    {
      "word": "takenpakket"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "word": "taak"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Papiamentu",
      "lang_code": "pap",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "taak"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "pcd",
        "3": "take"
      },
      "expansion": "Picard take",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "fro-nor",
        "3": "tasque"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Northern French tasque",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "tasche"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French tasche",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "tasca"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin tasca",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "taxo",
        "4": "taxare"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin taxare",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "task"
      },
      "expansion": "English task",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "tâche"
      },
      "expansion": "French tâche",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "16th century, from Picard take, from Old Northern French tasque, variant of Old French tasche, from Vulgar Latin tasca, from older taxa, deverbal from Latin taxare. Cognate with English task, French tâche.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "taken",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taakje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "taak f (plural taken, diminutive taakje n)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "taak"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
        "Dutch feminine nouns",
        "Dutch lemmas",
        "Dutch nouns",
        "Dutch nouns with plural in -en",
        "Dutch terms borrowed from Picard",
        "Dutch terms derived from Latin",
        "Dutch terms derived from Old French",
        "Dutch terms derived from Old Northern French",
        "Dutch terms derived from Picard",
        "Dutch terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
        "Pages with 6 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Dutch/aːk",
        "Rhymes:Dutch/aːk/1 syllable"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "task"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "task",
          "task"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "opdracht"
        },
        {
          "word": "opgave"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/taːk/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-taak.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5d/Nl-taak.ogg/Nl-taak.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Nl-taak.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "taak"
}

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