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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch opdracht (“swelling, transfer”). Equivalent to opdragen (“to assign”) + -t (“verbal noun”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔp.drɑxt/
- Hyphenation: op‧dracht
Noun
opdracht f (plural opdrachten, diminutive opdrachtje n)
- task, assignment, an action that one is required to do
- commission, something that has been commissioned
- order, request
- dedication (handwritten, by author)
- (archaic) transfer (of possessions, etc.)
- (archaic) a swelling, a rash
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