No. 8,562 in Dutch
honderdjarig
"Centenarian" or "hundred-year-old."
In a sentence
Het honderdjarig bestaan van de school werd groots gevierd.
The hundred-year anniversary of the school was celebrated grandly.
Here, 'honderdjarig' functions as an adjective describing 'bestaan' (existence), indicating a duration of one hundred years.
Er was een honderdjarige boom in het park.
There was a hundred-year-old tree in the park.
In this sentence, 'honderdjarig' is used as an adjective qualifying 'boom' (tree), emphasizing its age of one hundred years.
Ze bezochten een honderdjarige traditie in het dorp.
They visited a century-old tradition in the village.
Here, 'honderdjarig' is used to modify 'traditie' (tradition), imparting the idea of a tradition lasting for one century.
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