No. 577 in Dutch
schreef
"Schreef" means "line" or "boundary" and can also refer to "serif" in typography.
In a sentence
Hij schreef een brief naar zijn vriend.
He wrote a letter to his friend.
In this sentence, 'schreef' (past tense of 'schrijven') is used to indicate the action of writing that occurred in the past.
Tijdens de les schreef Marieke enkele aantekeningen op.
During the lesson, Marieke wrote down some notes.
Here, 'schreef' is used to describe Marieke's action of writing notes in the past.
Jan schreef opeens een gedicht op het bord.
Jan suddenly wrote a poem on the board.
In this context, 'schreef' describes the act of Jan writing a poem on the board at a past moment.
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