No. 6,532 in Dutch
vanessa
"Vanessa" is not a Dutch word; it is a name.
In a sentence
Vanessa houdt van schilderen.
Vanessa loves painting.
In this sentence, 'Vanessa' is a proper noun, the name of a person, and it acts as the subject of the sentence.
De vlinder Vanessa atalanta wordt ook wel admiraalvlinder genoemd.
The butterfly Vanessa atalanta is also called the red admiral.
Here, 'Vanessa' refers to the taxonomic genus of a butterfly species, indicating its scientific nomenclature.
Ik kreeg een boek van Vanessa.
I received a book from Vanessa.
In this context, 'Vanessa' is again a proper noun as a name and indicates the giver in the prepositional phrase 'van' (from) Vanessa.
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