het volkslied
national anthem
noun · /ˈvɔlks.lit/
Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het volkslied?
Forms
- Article
- het volkslied
- Plural
- de volksliederen
- Diminutive
- het volksliedje
- Also means
- level of government, folk song
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Tijdens de wedstrijd klonk het volkslied.
During the match, the national anthem played.
Alle fans zongen luid het volkslied mee.
All the fans loudly sang along with the national anthem.
Kinderen leren het volkslied op de basisschool.
Children learn the national anthem at primary school.
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