No. 3,382 in Dutch
lawaaiige
Noisy.
In a sentence
De lawaaiige straat maakte het moeilijk om te studeren.
The noisy street made it difficult to study.
Here, 'lawaaiige' is used as an adjective describing the noun 'straat', indicating that the street is noisy.
We vermijden meestal de lawaaiige restaurants in het centrum.
We usually avoid the noisy restaurants in the city center.
In this sentence, 'lawaaiige' modifies the noun 'restaurants', highlighting that these restaurants have a high noise level.
Tijdens het feest was het zo lawaaiig dat we elkaar niet konden horen.
During the party, it was so noisy that we couldn't hear each other.
Here, 'lawaaiig' is used predicatively with the verb 'was', describing the state of the environment during the party.
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