het trappenhuis
stairwell
noun · /ˈtrɑ.pə(n)ˌɦœy̯s/
Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het trappenhuis?
Forms
- Article
- het trappenhuis
- Plural
- de trappenhuizen
- Diminutive
- het trappenhuisje
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Het trappenhuis is aan de rechterkant.
The stairwell is on the right side.
We liepen door het trappenhuis naar beneden.
We walked down through the stairwell.
Het trappenhuis was erg smal.
The stairwell was very narrow.
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