het weeshuis
orphanage
noun · /ˈʋeːs.ɦœy̯s/
Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het weeshuis?
Forms
- Article
- het weeshuis
- Plural
- de weeshuizen
- Diminutive
- het weeshuisje
- How common
- among the 10,000 most common Dutch words
In a sentence
Sommige weeshuizen zijn Dickensiaanse beerputten van kindermishandeling.
Some orphanages are Dickensian cesspools of child abuse.
Het weeshuis is al jaren leeg.
The orphanage has been empty for years.
Mijn tante werkt in het weeshuis.
My aunt works in the orphanage.
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