de dief
thief
noun · /dif/
Forms
- Article
- de dief
- Plural
- de dieven
- Diminutive
- het diefje
- Also means
- one who steals
- How common
- among the 3,000 most common Dutch words
In a sentence
De dief stal mijn fiets.
The thief stole my bicycle.
De dief werd gisteravond gepakt.
The thief was caught last night.
De politie zoekt nog steeds de dief.
The police are still looking for the thief.
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