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vz

English translation: vaders zijde

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Dutch term or phrase:vz
English translation:vaders zijde
Entered by: dmesnier

13:30 May 27, 2014
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Psychology / Parenting capacity investigation
Dutch term or phrase: vz
I am having difficulty figuring out what this abbreviation stands for. It appears throughout the text after "oma" as in the following sentence. The key is, it turns out the woman is not actually the grandmother. Voorzien perhaps? Thanks for your help.

Moeder had veel conflicten over de opvoeding met haar schoonmoeder. In mnd, jaar is moeder alleen vertrokken naar haar huurwoning aan xxxx (verkregen via de vrouwenopvang). Moeder had xxxx bij oma (vz) achtergelaten.
dmesnier
United States
Local time: 08:17
vaders zijde
Explanation:
would be consistent for telling paternal and maternal grandmother apart? Sounds more reasonable than "chairman" :-)
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Mike Wilkinson
Local time: 15:17
Grading comment
Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
2 +5vaders zijde
Mike Wilkinson
3carer
Kitty Brussaard


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +5
vaders zijde


Explanation:
would be consistent for telling paternal and maternal grandmother apart? Sounds more reasonable than "chairman" :-)

Mike Wilkinson
Local time: 15:17
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Yes that's it! Thanks so much, Mike!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kitty Brussaard: I hadn't thought of this but it definitely makes sense too!
3 mins
agree  Barend van Zadelhoff: vaderszijde (vz) bv.: http://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/inziendocument?id=ECLI:NL:R...
5 mins
agree  Michael Beijer: yup
46 mins
agree  Willemina Hagenauw: Yes, agree. Even if the grandmother turned out not to be the REAL grandmother, she could still be from "vaderszijde".
1 hr
agree  Evgeny Artemov (X)
3 hrs
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
carer


Explanation:
The grandmother was apparently acting in the capacity of 'verzorger' of xxxx at the time.

Kitty Brussaard
Netherlands
Local time: 15:17
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
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