het kippenvel
goosebumps
noun · /ˈkɪ.pəˌvɛl/
Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het kippenvel?
Forms
- Article
- het kippenvel
- Plural
- de kippenvellen
- Diminutive
- het kippenvelletje
- Also means
- chicken's skin, goose bumps
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Ik krijg kippenvel van de kou.
I get goosebumps from the cold.
Die stem gaf me overal kippenvel.
That voice gave me goosebumps all over.
Het enge verhaal bezorgde hem kippenvel.
The scary story gave him goosebumps.
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