het speurwerk
research
noun · /ˈspøːrˌʋɛrk/
Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het speurwerk?
Forms
- Article
- het speurwerk
- Plural
- de speurwerken
- Diminutive
- het speurwerkje
- Also means
- experiment, study, trial, test, survey
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Het speurwerk was erg tijdrovend.
The research was very time-consuming.
We moeten meer speurwerk verrichten.
We need to do more research.
Dankzij zijn speurwerk is de waarheid bekend.
Thanks to his research, the truth is known.
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