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het giswerk

guesswork

noun · /ˈɣɪs.ʋɛrk/

Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het giswerk?

Forms

Article
het giswerk
How common
in everyday Dutch

In a sentence

Mijn antwoord was puur giswerk.

My answer was pure guesswork.

Zonder meer informatie blijft het giswerk.

Without more information, it remains guesswork.

De hele planning was gebaseerd op giswerk.

The entire planning was based on guesswork.

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