het schrikbewind
reign of terror
noun · /ˈsxrɪk.bəˌʋɪnt/
Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het schrikbewind?
Forms
- Article
- het schrikbewind
- Plural
- de schrikbewinden
- Diminutive
- het schrikbewindje
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Het schrikbewind duurde helaas te lang.
The reign of terror unfortunately lasted too long.
Niemand wilde zo'n schrikbewind in het land.
Nobody wanted such a reign of terror in the country.
De mensen leden erg onder het schrikbewind.
The people suffered greatly under the reign of terror.
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