No. 8,573 in Dutch
hoofdsteden
Capital cities.
In a sentence
De hoofdsteden van Nederland en België zijn respectievelijk Amsterdam en Brussel.
The capitals of the Netherlands and Belgium are Amsterdam and Brussels, respectively.
The word 'hoofdsteden' is used as the plural form of 'hoofdstad', meaning 'capital' when talking about more than one capital city.
In een quiz moesten we de hoofdsteden van alle Europese landen noemen.
In a quiz, we had to name the capitals of all European countries.
'Hoofdsteden' here refers to multiple capital cities in the context of recalling or listing them.
Er is veel te leren over de geschiedenis van verschillende hoofdsteden.
There is much to learn about the history of various capitals.
The term 'hoofdsteden' is used here to denote capitals in terms of their historical significance.
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