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No. 6,168 in Dutch

schijf

Disc or slice.

In a sentence

  • Ik heb een schijf kaas gekocht.

    I bought a slice of cheese.

    Here, 'schijf' refers to a slice, typically a flat and thin portion of something, in this case, cheese.

  • De schijf van de zon is prachtig bij zonsondergang.

    The disk of the sun is beautiful at sunset.

    In this sentence, 'schijf' denotes a circular, disk-shaped object, specifically the visible shape of the sun.

  • De harde schijf van mijn computer is bijna vol.

    The hard disk of my computer is almost full.

    Here, 'schijf' describes a disk, referring to storage devices like hard disks in technology contexts.

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