het familielid
relative
noun · /faːˈmi.liˌlɪt/
Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het familielid?
Forms
- Article
- het familielid
- Plural
- de familieleden
- Diminutive
- het familielidje
- Also means
- family member
- How common
- among the 10,000 most common Dutch words
In a sentence
Het familielid belde gisteren.
The relative called yesterday.
Ik heb een familielid geholpen.
I helped a relative.
Hij is het oudste familielid van onze familie.
He is the oldest relative in our family.
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