No. 8,260 in Dutch
genre
A category or type of art, literature, or music.
In a sentence
Het boek dat zij las, behoort tot het genre van de wetenschappelijke fictie.
The book she was reading belongs to the science fiction genre.
In this sentence, 'genre' is used to classify a work of literature into a specific category or type, demonstrating its use in the context of literary classification.
In de kunstwereld wordt het genre van stilleven hoog gewaardeerd.
In the world of art, the genre of still life is highly valued.
Here, 'genre' categorizes styles in arts, specifically painting, indicating its application in artistic disciplines.
Hij had een voorkeur voor muziek van het jazzgenre.
He had a preference for music of the jazz genre.
The word 'genre' here specifies a category of music, showing its versatile usage in other forms of art beyond literature and visual art.
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