Category: EconomyPart of speech: nounDifficulty: Intermediate

industrie

/industrie/Roman

English meaning: Industry

Definition

Industry: a key concept in governance, law, and economics.

Usage — When, Where & How

Term for industry, used both for the manufacturing sector in general and for a specific branch of it. Common in economics, news and business; the adjective is 'industrieel'.

Common Collocations

  • de zware industrie
  • de auto-industrie
  • de industrie stimuleren
  • een bloeiende industrie
  • de maakindustrie

Word Forms

de industrie (sing.), de industrieën (plur.)

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Literary Heritage

“De Javaan wordt mishandeld. Wie dit niet ziet is blind, of wil niet zien.”

“The Javanese are being mistreated. Whoever does not see this is blind, or does not wish to see.”

Multatuli (Eduard Douwes Dekker) · Novelist / Essayist · 19th century

Max Havelaar

Max Havelaar, Ch. 17, on colonial economic exploitation, 1860

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