het dorpshoofd
village chief
noun · /ˈdɔrps.ɦoːft/
Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het dorpshoofd?
Forms
- Article
- het dorpshoofd
- Plural
- de dorpshoofden
- Also means
- village leader
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
De man daar is het dorpshoofd.
The man there is the village chief.
Het dorpshoofd gaf een belangrijke toespraak.
The village chief gave an important speech.
Iedereen respecteert het dorpshoofd van dit dorp.
Everyone respects the village chief of this village.
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