het schilderij
painting
noun · /sxɪl.dəˈrɛi̯/
Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het schilderij?
Forms
- Article
- het schilderij
- Plural
- de schilderijen
- Diminutive
- het schilderijtje
- How common
- among the 3,000 most common Dutch words
In a sentence
Het schilderij is erg groot.
The painting is very large.
Ik heb een nieuw schilderij gekocht.
I bought a new painting.
Hang het schilderij hierboven op.
Hang the painting up here.
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