No. 798 in Dutch
abn
ABN: General Civilized Dutch (Algemeen Beschaafd Nederlands), the standard form of the Dutch language.
In a sentence
ABN is de standaarduitspraak van het Nederlands.
ABN is the standard pronunciation of Dutch.
Here, 'ABN' refers to 'Algemeen Beschaafd Nederlands', which means 'General Civilized Dutch' and indicates the standard dialect of the Dutch language.
De werknemers van ABN AMRO bank hebben vandaag een vergadering.
The employees of ABN AMRO bank have a meeting today.
In this context, 'ABN' is an abbreviation referring to the name of the ABN AMRO bank, a well-known international bank.
Ik leer ABN om beter begrepen te worden in Nederland.
I am learning ABN to be better understood in the Netherlands.
ABN again refers to 'Algemeen Beschaafd Nederlands', the standard Dutch language, in the context of studying the language.
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