No. 3,699 in Dutch
spannende
Exciting.
In a sentence
Dit is een spannende film.
This is an exciting movie.
Here, 'spannende' is used to describe an attribute of the noun 'film', adding the idea of excitement.
We hebben een spannende wedstrijd gezien.
We saw an exciting match.
In this case, 'spannende' is modifying 'wedstrijd', indicating that the match was thrilling.
Ik lees een spannend boek.
I am reading an exciting book.
Here, 'spannend' transforms into 'spannende' to agree with 'boek', showing that the book is exciting.
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