No. 4,755 in Dutch
fod
"Fod" is not a standard Dutch word.
In a sentence
Het FOD Volksgezondheid in België heeft nieuwe richtlijnen uitgevaardigd.
The FPS Public Health in Belgium has issued new guidelines.
The word 'FOD' here is an abbreviation for 'Federale Overheidsdienst', which translates to 'Federal Public Service'. It is used to indicate a government body in Belgium.
Hij gebruikte het woord 'fod' in zijn lokale dialect om een fout aan te duiden.
He used the word 'fod' in his local dialect to indicate an error.
In this sentence, 'fod' is employed as a colloquial or dialectal term, possibly evolving from or related to vernacular usage, to denote a mistake or flaw.
In oude teksten wordt 'fod' wel eens als een oud-Nederlands woord voor 'voedsel' gebruikt.
In old texts, 'fod' is sometimes used as an old Dutch word for 'food'.
Here, 'fod' refers to an archaic usage once meaning ‘food’ in historical Dutch texts, illustrating how meanings of words evolve over time.
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