Breakdown of De stank in de koelkast is verschrikkelijk.
zijn
to be
in
in
de koelkast
the fridge
verschrikkelijk
terrible
de stank
the stench
Questions & Answers about De stank in de koelkast is verschrikkelijk.
Since this lesson is about "worden" (to become), how would you change this sentence to say the stench "is becoming" terrible?
Is the noun "stank" related to a Dutch verb?
Yes, stank (stench) comes from the verb stinken (to stink). The vowel shift from 'i' in the verb to 'a' in the noun is similar to the English stink/stank/stunk pattern, though in Dutch stank is specifically the noun form.
The word "koelkast" looks like a compound word. What are its parts?
It is made up of koel (cool) and kast (cupboard or closet). Literally a "cool-cupboard", it is the most common Dutch word for a refrigerator.
How is the ending of "verschrikkelijk" pronounced?
The suffix -lijk is pronounced like "luk". The 'ij' sound turns into a short, unaccented "uh" sound (a schwa). You will hear this same pronunciation in other common adjectives like makkelijk (easy) and lelijk (ugly).
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