No. 4,567 in Dutch
derna
"Derna" is not a standard Dutch word. You may mean "daarna," which means "after that" or "then."
In a sentence
Na het eten gingen we wandelen en derna speelden we een spel.
After dinner, we went for a walk and afterward we played a game.
In this sentence, 'derna' is used to mean 'afterwards', referring to a moment following a previous action.
Eerst viel de stroom uit, en derna hoorde we een harde knal.
First, the power went out, and then we heard a loud bang.
'Derna' here introduces a subsequent event, describing a sequence of occurrences.
Ze werkte hard aan haar project en derna nam ze een verdiende pauze.
She worked hard on her project and then took a well-deserved break.
Here, 'derna' indicates the event occurring immediately after the prior action, signifying a direct temporal progression.
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