No. 464 in Dutch
ministerie
A government department or ministry.
In a sentence
Het ministerie van Onderwijs heeft een nieuw beleid aangekondigd.
The Ministry of Education has announced a new policy.
In this sentence, 'ministerie' refers to a governmental department responsible for education; it emphasizes its role as an administrative body.
Ze werken bij het ministerie, specifiek op de juridische afdeling.
They work at the ministry, specifically in the legal department.
Here, 'ministerie' is used to describe the place of work, representing a physical or organizational entity.
De minister van Financiën presenteerde het budget in samenwerking met zijn ministerie.
The Minister of Finance presented the budget in collaboration with his ministry.
In this usage, 'ministerie' refers to the collective organization supporting the minister, highlighting its function in governance.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “ministerie” in actual Dutch podcasts.
Find “ministerie” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Dutch podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into Nederlands, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Dutch books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).