zaken

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aːkən

Noun

zaken

  1. plural of zaak
  2. business
  3. affairs, a field of management, such as a political portfolio

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: zaken
  • Peranakan Indonesian: zaken

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch zaken (business; affairs).

Pronunciation

Adjective

zakên

  1. (government, politics) professional, technocratic (generally to cabinet).

Noun

zakên

  1. affair

Peranakan Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch zaken (business; affairs).

Noun

zaken

  1. business; affairs
    Di-sitoelah toean Ezerman, Adviseur voor Chineesche Zaken.[1]There is Mr. Ezerman, Advisor for Chinese Affairs.

References

  1. ^ Kwee Hing Tjiat (1921) Doea Kapala Batoe [Two Hardheaded (Persons)] (in Peranakan Indonesian), Nauer & Dimmick, page 34