Forms
- Article
- het mes
- Plural
- de messen
- Diminutive
- het mesje
- Also means
- cleaver, blade
- How common
- among the 2,000 most common Dutch words
In a sentence
Dit mes is erg scherp.
This knife is very sharp.
Kun je me een mes geven?
Can you give me a knife?
Het mes ligt in de la.
The knife is in the drawer.
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