vakwerk

Dutch

Etymology

Compound of vak (“section, compartment; business, trade”) +‎ werk (“work”). The sense “timber framing” is likely derived from German Fachwerk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɑk.ʋɛrk/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: vak‧werk

Noun

vakwerk n (plural vakwerken, diminutive vakwerkje n)

1. a good, professional-level job, ably skilled performance
2. a construction technique where a building's (exterior) wall is divided up by wooden laths into squares, often subdivided diagonally, then each square or triangle filled up with plaster etc.; a timber-framing construction [from 19th c.]
3. a truss, a support structure of interconnected beams or girders forming triangles [from 18th c.]

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “good job”): knoeiwerk, geknoei, prutswerk, gepruts

Derived terms

• vakwerk
• vakwerkhuis

Related terms

• vakbekwaam
• vakman
• meesterwerk
• pleisterwerk