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het losgeld

ransom

noun

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

Forms

Article
het losgeld
Plural
de losgelden
Diminutive
het losgeldje
Also means
ransom money
How common
among the 10,000 most common Dutch words

In a sentence

Ze eisten veel losgeld.

They demanded a lot of ransom.

Het losgeld is betaald.

The ransom has been paid.

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