wachtgeld
See also: Wachtgeld
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From wachten (“to wait”) + geld (“money”).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: wacht‧geld
Noun edit
wachtgeld n (plural wachtgelden, diminutive wachtgeldje n)
- (social welfare) an allowance paid to someone who is involuntarily unemployed in their field of expertise which equates to about 70% of the expected salary at their experience level in the Netherlands
See also edit
- wachtgeld on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl