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het lawaai

racket

noun

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

Forms

Article
het lawaai
Also means
noise
How common
among the 5,000 most common Dutch words

In a sentence

Wie maakt er zo'n lawaai?

Who is making that enormous racket?

Het lawaai was oorverdovend.

The noise was deafening.

Ik kan me niet concentreren door het lawaai.

I cannot concentrate because of the noise.

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