het spiegelbeeld
mirror image
noun · /ˈspiɣəlˌbeːlt/
Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het spiegelbeeld?
Forms
- Article
- het spiegelbeeld
- Plural
- de spiegelbeelden
- Diminutive
- het spiegelbeeldje
- Also means
- opposite
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Ze zag haar spiegelbeeld in het water.
She saw her reflection in the water.
Het spiegelbeeld was wazig door de mist.
The mirror image was blurry due to the fog.
De dochter is het spiegelbeeld van haar moeder.
The daughter is the spitting image of her mother.
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