No. 5,634 in Dutch
mil
"Mil" in Dutch means "mile" in English, a unit of distance.
In a sentence
De afstand naar het dorp is ongeveer een mil.
The distance to the village is about a mile.
Here, 'mil' refers to a unit of measurement for distance, commonly equivalent to one mile.
De molenaar draait een mil per dag met de molen.
The miller churns one rotation a day with the mill.
In this sentence, 'mil' refers to a rotation or cycle, possibly indicating the movements performed.
Tijdens het schaatsen op natuurijs haalde ik snelheden van meer dan een mil per uur.
While ice skating on natural ice, I achieved speeds of over a mile per hour.
Again, 'mil' is used to refer to a measurement of distance, though contextualized here in a sporting scenario.
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