het zonnestelsel
solar system
noun · /ˈzɔ.nəˌstɛl.səl/
Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het zonnestelsel?
Forms
- Article
- het zonnestelsel
- Plural
- de zonnestelsels
- Diminutive
- het zonnestelseltje
- Also means
- star system, planetary system
- How common
- among the 10,000 most common Dutch words
In a sentence
Ons zonnestelsel heeft acht planeten.
Our solar system has eight planets.
De aarde is een planeet in ons zonnestelsel.
The Earth is a planet in our solar system.
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