het buitenland
abroad
noun · /ˈbœy̯.tə(n)ˌlɑnt/
Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het buitenland?
Forms
- Article
- het buitenland
- Also means
- all foreign countries, collectively, anything abroad
- How common
- among the 5,000 most common Dutch words
In a sentence
Zij studeert in het buitenland.
She is studying abroad.
We gaan deze zomer naar het buitenland.
We are going abroad this summer.
Is hij al terug uit het buitenland?
Has he returned from abroad yet?
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