het bladerdak
canopy
noun · /ˈblaːdərdɑk/
Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het bladerdak?
Forms
- Article
- het bladerdak
- Plural
- de bladerdaken
- Diminutive
- het bladerdakje
- Also means
- topmost foliage
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
We liepen onder het dichte bladerdak.
We walked under the dense canopy.
Het bladerdak was al mooi groen.
The canopy was already beautifully green.
Het bladerdak gaf ons fijne schaduw.
The canopy gave us nice shade.
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