Work
"Work" in Dutch
arbeid
(labour, employment, occupation, job)
arbeid
(effort expended on a particular task)
arbeid
(physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object)
arbeidsplaats
(place where one is employed)
job
(labour, employment, occupation, job)
werk
(labour, employment, occupation, job)
werk
(place where one is employed)
werk
(effort expended on a particular task)
werk
(result of a particular manner of production)
werk
(literary, artistic, or intellectual production)
werkstuk
(literary, artistic, or intellectual production)
bespelen
(to provoke or excite)
bewerken
(to shape, form, or improve a material)
bewerkstelligen
(to cause to happen — see also produce, motivate)
werken
(to do a specific task)
werken
(to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.