Woordje

het vonnis

judgment

noun

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

Forms

Article
het vonnis
Plural
de vonnissen
Diminutive
het vonnisje
Also means
decision
How common
among the 10,000 most common Dutch words

In a sentence

De rechter las het vonnis voor.

The judge read out the judgment.

Het vonnis was erg streng.

The judgment was very strict.

Ze wachten nog op het vonnis.

They are still waiting for the judgment.

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