het achterwerk
behind
noun · /ˈɑx.tərˌʋɛrk/
Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het achterwerk?
Forms
- Article
- het achterwerk
- Plural
- de achterwerken
- Diminutive
- het achterwerkje
- Also means
- buttocks
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Hij viel hard op zijn achterwerk.
He fell hard on his behind.
Het achterwerk van de baby was rood.
The baby's behind was red.
Zet je achterwerk op deze stoel.
Put your behind on this chair.
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