teiken

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From dialectal Dutch teiken, from Middle Dutch têken, teiken, from Old Dutch *tēkan, *teikan, from Proto-Germanic *taikną. Doublet of teken (sign), from standard Dutch teken. Cognate with German Zeichen, English token.

Pronunciation

Noun

teiken (plural teikens)

  1. aim; target; goal
    Ons moet analiseer waarom ons die vasgestelde teikens nie bereik het nie.
    We must analyse why we haven’t reached the predetermined goals.

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