het kindertehuis
children's home
noun · /ˈkɪn.dər.təˌɦœy̯s/
Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het kindertehuis?
Forms
- Article
- het kindertehuis
- Plural
- de kindertehuizen
- Diminutive
- het kindertehuisje
- Also means
- orphanage
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Het kindertehuis sloot vorig jaar.
The children's home closed last year.
Hij groeide op in een kindertehuis.
He grew up in a children's home.
Ze brachten hem naar het kindertehuis.
They brought him to the children's home.
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