het stamhoofd
tribal chief
noun · /ˈstɑm.ɦoːft/
Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het stamhoofd?
Forms
- Article
- het stamhoofd
- Plural
- de stamhoofden
- Diminutive
- het stamhoofdje
- Also means
- leader
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Het stamhoofd leidde zijn volk.
The tribal chief led his people.
Wie is het stamhoofd van deze stam?
Who is the tribal chief of this tribe?
De beslissing kwam van het stamhoofd zelf.
The decision came from the tribal chief himself.
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