No. 2,938 in Dutch
bad
"Bad" in Dutch means "bath" in English.
In a sentence
Ik ga vandaag lekker in het bad zitten.
Today, I will relax in the bathtub.
The word 'bad' here refers to a bathtub, specifically as a noun to describe a common household item used for bathing.
Ze hebben een nieuw zwembad in de tuin laten plaatsen.
They installed a new swimming pool in the garden.
The word 'bad' is part of the larger word 'zwembad', meaning 'swimming pool', here showing compound word formation in Dutch.
Na het sporten rook mijn shirt naar zweet en het bad.
After the exercise, my shirt smelled like sweat and the bath.
The word 'bad' indicates a bath in terms of the action of bathing or the state after a bath, used figuratively or literally.
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