het drijfzand
quicksand
noun · /ˈdrɛi̯f.sɑnt/
Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het drijfzand?
Forms
- Article
- het drijfzand
- Also means
- treacherous, tricky danger, risk
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Hij kwam in drijfzand terecht en wist zich met moeite eruit te bevrijden.
He landed in quicksand and extricated himself from it only with difficulty.
Hij zakte weg in het drijfzand.
He sank into the quicksand.
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