het kroonjuweel
crown jewel
noun · /ˈkroːn.jyˌ(ʋ)eːl/
Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het kroonjuweel?
Forms
- Article
- het kroonjuweel
- Plural
- de kroonjuwelen
- Diminutive
- het kroonjuweeltje
- Also means
- core ideal
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Dit product is het kroonjuweel van ons bedrijf.
This product is the crown jewel of our company.
Is het park het kroonjuweel van deze stad?
Is the park the crown jewel of this city?
Die zeldzame postzegel is zijn kroonjuweel.
That rare stamp is his crown jewel.
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