No. 562 in Dutch
graden
"Graden" means "degrees" in English.
In a sentence
Het is vandaag dertig graden buiten.
It is thirty degrees outside today.
In this sentence, 'graden' refers to temperature degrees in the context of weather, specifically specifying it is 30 degrees Celsius.
De taart moet op honderdtachtig graden worden gebakken.
The cake must be baked at one hundred eighty degrees.
Here, 'graden' relates to degrees with respect to oven temperature for cooking purposes.
De hoek van deze driehoek is negentig graden.
The angle of this triangle is ninety degrees.
In this context, 'graden' indicates degrees as a measurement of an angle in geometry, specifically stating it is a right angle.
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