No. 1,548 in Dutch
drijvende
Floating.
In a sentence
Boven het meer zie je een drijvende zeilboot.
Above the lake, you see a floating sailboat.
In this sentence, 'drijvende' is used as an adjective describing the state of the sailboat floating on the water.
Hij werkt aan een project voor drijvende eilanden.
He is working on a project for floating islands.
Here, 'drijvende' serves as an adjective describing islands that float on the water, used in an innovative context.
De ballon bleef drijvende in de lucht.
The balloon remained floating in the air.
In this example, 'drijvende' is used to describe the state of the balloon staying afloat in the air.
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