het spitsuur
peak hour
noun · /ˈspɪts.yːr/
Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het spitsuur?
Forms
- Article
- het spitsuur
- Plural
- de spitsuren
- Diminutive
- het spitsuurtje
- Also means
- rush hour
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Het spitsuur begint al om vier uur.
Peak hour already starts at four o'clock.
Ik vermijd het spitsuur graag.
I like to avoid peak hour.
De bus zat vol tijdens het spitsuur.
The bus was full during peak hour.
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