No. 8,584 in Dutch
hoornaars
Hornets.
In a sentence
In de tuin zagen we een groep hoornaars rondvliegen.
In the garden, we saw a group of hornets flying around.
Here, 'hoornaars' refers to the insect 'hornet', used in a literal sense.
De hoornaars van dit stadje zijn berucht om hun liefde voor honing.
The hornets from this town are notorious for their love for honey.
In this context, 'hoornaars' denotes the insects specifically associated with the town in the sentence, implying behavior or characteristics.
Tijdens de discussie leek hij getergd door zijn interne hoornaars.
During the discussion, he seemed tormented by his internal hornets.
Here, 'hoornaars' is used metaphorically to represent troubling thoughts or feelings within the individual.
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