het niemandsland
no man's land
noun · /ˈni.mɑntsˌlɑnt/
Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het niemandsland?
Forms
- Article
- het niemandsland
- Plural
- de niemandslanden
- Diminutive
- het niemandslandje
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Het niemandsland tussen de landen was gevaarlijk.
The no man's land between the countries was dangerous.
Hij voelde zich in een soort niemandsland.
He felt like he was in a kind of no man's land.
Dit oude gebouw lijkt wel niemandsland.
This old building really looks like no man's land.
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