Telling the Time

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Basic noun for asking and telling time.

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Used to indicate exact hours.

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Irregular plural: note the spelling change (minuut -> minuten).

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Standard plural is seconden (or secondes).

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Crucial for Dutch time telling (kwart over / kwart voor).

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In Dutch, 'half vier' means halfway to four o'clock (3:30).

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Basic noun for wall clocks.

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Neuter noun for wristwatches.

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Also can mean 'tomorrow'.

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Uses the genitive construction ''s middags'.

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Common time-of-day noun.

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Common noun for nighttime.

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Plural stem vowel lengthens (dag -> dagen).

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Standard feminine/common noun.

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Plural adds -en with vowel lengthening.

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Neuter noun with regular plural.

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Opposite of laat (late).

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Used in phrases like 'Hoe laat is het?'.

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Indicates the present moment.

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Refers to a short time later today.

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Frequency adverb.

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Frequency adverb denoting zero frequency.

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Frequency adverb.

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Refers to the day before today.

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Homonym with 'morgen' (morning).