ziekenhuis
Meaning
- (neuter) a hospital, medical care facility
- (broadly,neuter) an infirmary
Frequency
Hyphenated as
zie‧ken‧huis
Gender
Neuter
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈzi.kə(n).ɦœy̯s/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch siechuus. Equivalent to zieke (“sick person, patient”) + -n- + huis (“house, building, institution”).
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Zij was architecte en hij was een verpleger in het plaatselijke ziekenhuis 🏥 .
🏥
She was an architect and he was a nurse at the local hospital.
