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het vlees

meat

noun · /vleːs/

Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het vlees?

Forms

Article
het vlees
Plural
de vlezen
Diminutive
het vleesje
Also means
flesh
How common
among the 2,000 most common Dutch words

In a sentence

Ik eet graag vlees.

I like to eat meat.

Zit er vlees in dit gerecht?

Is there meat in this dish?

Dit is lekker rundvlees.

This is tasty beef.

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