No. 4,335 in Dutch
brabander
A "Brabander" is a person from Brabant, a region in the Netherlands or Belgium.
In a sentence
Jan is een Brabander, want hij komt uit Noord-Brabant.
Jan is a Brabander, because he comes from North Brabant.
In this sentence, 'Brabander' is used as a noun to denote someone from the Dutch province of Brabant.
Als Brabander houdt zij van carnaval vieren.
As a Brabander, she loves celebrating carnival.
Here, 'Brabander' is utilized to express a characteristic behavior often associated with people from Brabant.
Wij zagen een Brabander gezellig praten op het terras.
We saw a Brabander chatting amicably on the terrace.
In this context, 'Brabander' is describing a type of person in a specific scenario, maintaining its noun usage to identify origin.
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