het dorpshuis
village meetinghouse
noun · /ˈdɔrps.ɦœy̯s/
Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het dorpshuis?
Forms
- Article
- het dorpshuis
- Plural
- de dorpshuizen
- Diminutive
- het dorpshuisje
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Het dorpshuis is vandaag gesloten.
The village meetinghouse is closed today.
Wij lopen altijd naar het dorpshuis.
We always walk to the village meetinghouse.
De bingo is elke vrijdag in het dorpshuis.
The bingo is every Friday in the village meetinghouse.
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