het ruilmiddel
currency
noun · /ˈrœy̯lˌmɪ.dəl/
Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het ruilmiddel?
Forms
- Article
- het ruilmiddel
- Plural
- de ruilmiddelen
- Diminutive
- het ruilmiddeltje
- Also means
- medium of exchange
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Geld is een belangrijk ruilmiddel.
Money is an important medium of exchange.
Vroeger was zout ook een ruilmiddel.
In the past, salt was also a medium of exchange.
Welk ruilmiddel gebruiken we hier?
Which currency do we use here?
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