het prutswerk
botched job
noun · /ˈprʏts.ʋɛrk/
Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het prutswerk?
Forms
- Article
- het prutswerk
- Plural
- de prutswerken
- Diminutive
- het prutswerkje
- Also means
- act, bungle, poor job, messed-up result
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Dit is echt prutswerk.
This is truly shoddy work.
Wat een prutswerk heb je geleverd!
What a botched job you've delivered!
Het hele project werd prutswerk.
The entire project turned into shoddy work.
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