venster

This is the 3835th most frequent Dutch word.


venster

Window.


Here, 'venster' is used to mean 'window' in the sense of an opening in a building that lets light and air through.

Ik opende het venster om frisse lucht binnen te laten.

I opened the window to let in fresh air.


In this context, 'venster' refers to a 'window' within a computer application or operating system.

Tijdens de computerles leerde hij een nieuw venster in de webbrowser te openen.

During the computer class, he learned to open a new window in the web browser.


'Venster' is again used to mean a 'window' in a physical sense, the opening in the wall of the painter's studio.

De schilder hing het doek voor het venster van zijn atelier.

The painter hung the canvas in front of the window of his studio.