Forms
- Article
- het puin
- Plural
- de puinen
- Diminutive
- het puintje
- Also means
- debris, wreckage, ruins
- How common
- among the 10,000 most common Dutch words
In a sentence
Overal lag het puin.
Rubble lay everywhere.
We moeten al het puin opruimen.
We have to clear all the rubble.
De berg puin was enorm.
The pile of rubble was enormous.
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