No. 2,098 in Dutch
gigantische
Gigantic; enormous.
In a sentence
Het huis heeft een gigantische tuin.
The house has a gigantic garden.
Here, 'gigantische' is used as an adjective to describe the noun 'tuin', indicating its extremely large size.
Ze heeft een gigantische hoeveelheid werk voor de boeg.
She has a gigantic amount of work ahead.
In this case, 'gigantische' modifies 'hoeveelheid', emphasizing the enormous quantity of the work.
We zagen een gigantische vogel in het bos.
We saw a gigantic bird in the forest.
Here, 'gigantische' describes the noun 'vogel', referring to its unusually large physical dimensions.
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