het wijwater
holy water
noun · /ˈʋɛi̯ˌʋaː.tər/
Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het wijwater?
Forms
- Article
- het wijwater
- Plural
- de wijwaters
- Diminutive
- het wijwatertje
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
De priester zegende het wijwater.
The priest blessed the holy water.
Zij doopte haar vinger in het wijwater.
She dipped her finger in the holy water.
Is er nog wijwater over?
Is there any holy water left?
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