No. 2,580 in Dutch
frits
"Frits" is a Dutch male given name, often a diminutive of "Frederik."
In a sentence
Frits ging naar de winkel om brood te kopen.
Frits went to the store to buy bread.
In this sentence, 'Frits' is used as a proper noun, referring to a person's name.
Voor het feest maakte ze frits van aardappelen.
For the party, she made fries from potatoes.
Here, 'frits' is colloquially used to refer to fried potato slices, similar to 'fries'.
De frits in deze machine moet regelmatig worden vervangen.
The oil in this machine needs to be regularly replaced.
In this context, 'frits' is incorrectly spelled and should be 'frituurvet', referring to frying oil.
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