No. 554 in Dutch
buitenland
"Foreign country" or "abroad."
In a sentence
Ik heb familie in het buitenland.
I have family abroad.
In this sentence, 'buitenland' is used as a noun referring to other countries outside one's home country.
Hij denkt vaak aan het buitenland en hoe het daar zou zijn.
He often thinks about foreign countries and how it would be there.
Here, 'buitenland' denotes an abstract idea of countries other than the individual's home country.
We gaan deze zomer op vakantie naar het buitenland.
We are going on vacation abroad this summer.
In this context, 'buitenland' represents the specific destination outside one's home country for the vacation.
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