broek

Meaning

(feminine) A pair of trousers, pair of pants.
(diminutive, feminine) A pair of underpants or pants (underwear), bottom part of underwear or swimwear (especially for women).

trousers

quag

short pants

pair of shorts

knee breeches

pair of briefs

pair of drawers

pair of knickers

pair of panties

pair of underpants

pantalon

lange broek

moerasland

beenbedekking

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bruk/

From Middle Dutch broec, from Old Dutch *bruoc, from Proto-West Germanic *brōk.

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Sentences

Hij draagt een korte broek .

He's wearing shorts.

Ik oordeel niet
🚫

, maar die broek staat je niet
🚫

.

I don't judge, but those pants don't suit you.

Zijn broek was nat nadat hij in een plas water
🚰

was gestapt .

His pants were wet after stepping into a puddle of water.

Er stak een nagel uit aan
🔛

de stoel
🪑

en nu zat er een groot gapend gat in mijn broek .

There was a nail sticking out of the chair, and now there was a big gaping hole in my pants.

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