de detective
private detective
noun · /deː.tɛkˈti.və/
Forms
- Article
- de detective
- Plural
- de detectives
- Diminutive
- het detectivetje
- Also means
- film, series
- How common
- among the 2,000 most common Dutch words
In a sentence
De detective vond het bewijs.
The detective found the evidence.
Ze huurde een detective in.
She hired a detective.
Mijn oom werkt als detective.
My uncle works as a detective.
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