het zoenoffer
peace offering
noun · /ˈzunˌɔ.fər/
Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het zoenoffer?
Forms
- Article
- het zoenoffer
- Plural
- de zoenoffers
- Also means
- expiatory offer, piacular sacrifice
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Een kopje thee was zijn zoenoffer.
A cup of tea was his expiatory offer.
Zijn excuses waren een zoenoffer voor haar.
His apologies were an expiatory offer to her.
Dit offer dient als zoenoffer voor de fouten.
This sacrifice serves as an expiatory offer for the mistakes.
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