Forms
- Article
- het tekort
- Plural
- de tekorten
- Diminutive
- het tekortje
- Also means
- deficit
- How common
- among the 5,000 most common Dutch words
In a sentence
Er is een tekort aan water.
There is a shortage of water.
Dit tekort veroorzaakt veel problemen.
This shortage causes many problems.
Zij kampen met een ernstig tekort.
They are struggling with a severe shortage.
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