"vak" meaning in Dutch

See vak in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /vɑk/ Audio: Nl-vak.ogg Forms: vakken [plural], vakje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -ɑk Etymology: From Middle Dutch vac, from Old Dutch *fak, from Proto-West Germanic *fak, from Proto-Germanic *faką. In some of the contemporary senses probably influenced by cognate German Fach. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|vac}} Middle Dutch vac, {{inh|nl|odt|*fak}} Old Dutch *fak, {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*fak}} Proto-West Germanic *fak, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*faką}} Proto-Germanic *faką, {{der|nl|de|Fach}} German Fach Head templates: {{nl-noun|n|-en|+}} vak n (plural vakken, diminutive vakje n)
  1. a compartment (e.g. a shelf, a section) Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-vak-nl-noun-Sbw-XuYV Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 49 35 11 5
  2. a subject, discipline, class, notably in education Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-vak-nl-noun-PSEF~GYa
  3. a profession Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-vak-nl-noun-LDUQhqie
  4. a trade, craft Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-vak-nl-noun-OFQbHCNw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: kunstvak, vakbekwaam, vakblad, vakbond, vakdidactiek, vakgebied, vakkennis, vakman, vakmens, vakvrouw, zoekvak

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kunstvak"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vakbekwaam"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vakblad"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vakbond"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vakdidactiek"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vakgebied"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vakkennis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vakman"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vakmens"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vakvrouw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "zoekvak"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
            "2": "vak",
            "bor": "0"
          },
          "expansion": "Afrikaans: vak",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Afrikaans: vak"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "vak",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Indonesian: vak",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Indonesian: vak"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "vac"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch vac",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "*fak"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *fak",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*fak"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *fak",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*faką"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *faką",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "Fach"
      },
      "expansion": "German Fach",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch vac, from Old Dutch *fak, from Proto-West Germanic *fak, from Proto-Germanic *faką. In some of the contemporary senses probably influenced by cognate German Fach.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vakken",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vakje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "vak n (plural vakken, diminutive vakje n)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "49 35 11 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a compartment (e.g. a shelf, a section)"
      ],
      "id": "en-vak-nl-noun-Sbw-XuYV",
      "links": [
        [
          "compartment",
          "compartment"
        ],
        [
          "shelf",
          "shelf"
        ],
        [
          "section",
          "section"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a subject, discipline, class, notably in education"
      ],
      "id": "en-vak-nl-noun-PSEF~GYa",
      "links": [
        [
          "subject",
          "subject"
        ],
        [
          "discipline",
          "discipline"
        ],
        [
          "class",
          "class"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a profession"
      ],
      "id": "en-vak-nl-noun-LDUQhqie",
      "links": [
        [
          "profession",
          "profession"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a trade, craft"
      ],
      "id": "en-vak-nl-noun-OFQbHCNw",
      "links": [
        [
          "trade",
          "trade"
        ],
        [
          "craft",
          "craft"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/vɑk/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-vak.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3d/Nl-vak.ogg/Nl-vak.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Nl-vak.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑk"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "nl:vak"
  ],
  "word": "vak"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
    "Dutch lemmas",
    "Dutch neuter nouns",
    "Dutch nouns",
    "Dutch nouns with plural in -en",
    "Dutch terms derived from German",
    "Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
    "Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Pages with 12 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɑk",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɑk/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "kunstvak"
    },
    {
      "word": "vakbekwaam"
    },
    {
      "word": "vakblad"
    },
    {
      "word": "vakbond"
    },
    {
      "word": "vakdidactiek"
    },
    {
      "word": "vakgebied"
    },
    {
      "word": "vakkennis"
    },
    {
      "word": "vakman"
    },
    {
      "word": "vakmens"
    },
    {
      "word": "vakvrouw"
    },
    {
      "word": "zoekvak"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
            "2": "vak",
            "bor": "0"
          },
          "expansion": "Afrikaans: vak",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Afrikaans: vak"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "vak",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Indonesian: vak",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Indonesian: vak"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "vac"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch vac",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "*fak"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *fak",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*fak"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *fak",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*faką"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *faką",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "Fach"
      },
      "expansion": "German Fach",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch vac, from Old Dutch *fak, from Proto-West Germanic *fak, from Proto-Germanic *faką. In some of the contemporary senses probably influenced by cognate German Fach.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vakken",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vakje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "vak n (plural vakken, diminutive vakje n)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a compartment (e.g. a shelf, a section)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "compartment",
          "compartment"
        ],
        [
          "shelf",
          "shelf"
        ],
        [
          "section",
          "section"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a subject, discipline, class, notably in education"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "subject",
          "subject"
        ],
        [
          "discipline",
          "discipline"
        ],
        [
          "class",
          "class"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a profession"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "profession",
          "profession"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a trade, craft"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "trade",
          "trade"
        ],
        [
          "craft",
          "craft"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/vɑk/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-vak.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3d/Nl-vak.ogg/Nl-vak.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Nl-vak.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑk"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "nl:vak"
  ],
  "word": "vak"
}

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