het stopcontact
electrical socket
noun · /ˈstɔpkɔnˌtɑkt/
Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het stopcontact?
Forms
- Article
- het stopcontact
- Plural
- de stopcontacten
- Diminutive
- het stopcontactje
- Also means
- outlet
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Waar is het dichtstbijzijnde stopcontact?
Where is the nearest electrical socket?
Ik steek de stekker in het stopcontact.
I plug the plug into the socket.
Het stopcontact zit achter de bank.
The socket is behind the couch.
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