het decennium
decade
noun · /ˌdeːˈsɛ.ni.ʏm/
Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het decennium?
Forms
- Article
- het decennium
- Plural
- de decennia
- Diminutive
- het decenniumpje
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Het afgelopen decennium was heel succesvol.
The past decade was very successful.
Dit decennium zal veel nieuwe technologie brengen.
This decade will bring a lot of new technology.
Ze woont hier al een decennium.
She has lived here for a decade already.
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