No. 845 in Dutch
moeilijker
"More difficult"
In a sentence
Deze taak wordt moeilijker naarmate je verder komt.
This task becomes more difficult as you progress.
In this sentence, 'moeilijker' is used as a comparative adjective to express increasing difficulty over time.
Ik vind wiskunde moeilijker dan geschiedenis.
I find mathematics more difficult than history.
Here, 'moeilijker' compares the difficulty of two subjects, indicating that mathematics is perceived as harder than history.
Hoe moeilijker de vraag, hoe interessanter het wordt.
The more difficult the question, the more interesting it becomes.
In this sentence, 'moeilijker' is part of a correlation expressing that an increase in difficulty corresponds to an increase in interest.
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