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het vak

subject

noun · /vɑk/

Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het vak?

Forms

Article
het vak
Plural
de vakken
Diminutive
het vakje
Also means
compartment, discipline, class, notably in education, profession
How common
among the 5,000 most common Dutch words

In a sentence

Mijn favoriete vak is geschiedenis.

My favorite subject is history.

Welk vak heb jij dit jaar?

Which subject do you have this year?

Ik vind wiskunde een moeilijk vak.

I find mathematics a difficult subject.

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