het snijwerk
carved object
noun · /ˈsnɛi̯.ʋɛrk/
Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het snijwerk?
Forms
- Article
- het snijwerk
- Plural
- de snijwerken
- Diminutive
- het snijwerkje
- Also means
- carving
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Deze eeuwenoude snijwerken zijn adembenemend.
These carved artefacts that are centuries old are breathtaking.
Het snijwerk op de plank is prachtig.
The carving on the shelf is beautiful.
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