de puinhoop
mess
noun · /ˈpœy̯nˌɦoːp/
Forms
- Article
- de puinhoop
- Plural
- de puinhopen
- Diminutive
- het puinhoopje
- Also means
- pile of rubble, ruin, terrible mess, rotten job, result
- How common
- among the 5,000 most common Dutch words
In a sentence
Mijn kamer is een puinhoop.
My room is a mess.
Waarom is jouw bureau zo'n puinhoop?
Why is your desk such a mess?
Ruim die puinhoop alsjeblieft op.
Please clean up that mess.
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