vanessa

This is the 6532nd most frequent Dutch word.


vanessa

"Vanessa" is not a Dutch word; it is a name.


In this context, 'Vanessa' is again a proper noun as a name and indicates the giver in the prepositional phrase 'van' (from) Vanessa.

Ik kreeg een boek van Vanessa.

I received a book from Vanessa.


In this sentence, 'Vanessa' is a proper noun, the name of a person, and it acts as the subject of the sentence.

Vanessa houdt van schilderen.

Vanessa loves painting.


Here, 'Vanessa' refers to the taxonomic genus of a butterfly species, indicating its scientific nomenclature.

De vlinder Vanessa atalanta wordt ook wel admiraalvlinder genoemd.

The butterfly Vanessa atalanta is also called the red admiral.