het heiligdom
sanctuary
noun · /ˈɦɛi̯.ləɣ.dɔm/
Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het heiligdom?
Forms
- Article
- het heiligdom
- Plural
- de heiligdommen
- Diminutive
- het heiligdommetje
- Also means
- holy building, place
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Deze kerk is gebouwd op de resten van een heidens heiligdom.
This church was built on top of the remains of a pagan place of worship.
Ik mag niet in mijn moeders studeerkamer komen; dat is haar heiligdom.
I am not supposed to enter my mother's study; that's her sanctuary.
Dit heiligdom is prachtig gerestaureerd.
This sanctuary has been beautifully restored.
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