noodzaak etymology

Dutch word noodzaak comes from Dutch nood (Emergency, distress (often used in compounds). Need.), Dutch zaak

Detailed word origin of noodzaak

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
nood Dutch (nld) Emergency, distress (often used in compounds). Need.
zaak Dutch (nld) (legal) case, suit. General term with which one indicates a thing or a concept that is not a person: thing. Matter. Shop, small store, business.
noodzaak Dutch (nld) Necessity, need.

Words with the same origin as noodzaak

Descendants of nood
benodigen nodeloos
Descendants of zaak
noodzakelijk zakenbank zakencijfer