het zeeniveau
mean sea level
noun · /ˈzeː.niˌvoː/
Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het zeeniveau?
Forms
- Article
- het zeeniveau
- Plural
- de zeeniveaus
- Diminutive
- het zeeniveautje
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Rotterdam ligt onder zeeniveau.
Rotterdam is below sea level.
Het zeeniveau stijgt wereldwijd.
The sea level is rising worldwide.
Hoe hoog is dit boven zeeniveau?
How high is this above sea level?
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