het achterdek
afterdeck
noun · /ˈɑx.tərˌdɛk/
Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het achterdek?
Forms
- Article
- het achterdek
- Plural
- de achterdekken
- Diminutive
- het achterdekje
- Also means
- quarterdeck
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
We zaten rustig op het achterdek.
We were sitting quietly on the afterdeck.
Leg de trossen op het achterdek, alsjeblieft.
Put the ropes on the afterdeck, please.
Het achterdek was glad van de ochtenddauw.
The afterdeck was slippery from the morning dew.
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