No. 8,422 in Dutch
grijze
"Grijze" means "gray" or "grey" in English, referring to the color.
In a sentence
De grijze kat ligt op de sofa.
The gray cat is lying on the sofa.
The word 'grijze' is used as an adjective describing the color of the noun 'kat' (cat), and it agrees in gender and number with the noun.
We zagen een grijze lucht boven de stad.
We saw a gray sky above the city.
In this sentence, 'grijze' is again an adjective describing the noun 'lucht' (sky) and indicates its color.
Haar grijze haren verraden haar leeftijd.
Her gray hair reveals her age.
Here, 'grijze' qualifies the noun 'haren' (hairs) in its plural form, denoting the color of her hairs.
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