taks
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taks
- third-person singular simple present indicative of tak
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Etymology 1 edit
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taks c (singular definite taksen, plural indefinite taks)
- yew (a busk or a tree, Taxus baccata)
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Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse *þǫx, from Proto-Germanic *þahsuz, cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk svintoks, Swedish tax (“dachshund”), German Dachs, Dutch das. The Danish word may be a younger loan from German Low German Tacks (perhaps itself borrowed from Frisian, cf. Saterland Frisian Taks).
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taks c (singular definite taksen, plural indefinite takse)
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Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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taks c
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From Middle Dutch taxe, from Old French taxe, from Latin taxa.
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taks f (plural taksen, diminutive taksje n)
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Taks is a common Belgian Dutch word for “tax”. The equivalent term in the Netherlands is belasting and taks has more limited use there, mostly for brevity and in fixed expressions like vlaktaks.
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taks n
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taks
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