No. 3,942 in Dutch
weeskinderen
Orphaned children.
In a sentence
De weeskinderen speelden samen in de tuin.
The orphans played together in the garden.
The word 'weeskinderen' is used as a subject to refer to children who have lost their parents.
Men bouwde een tehuis voor de weeskinderen in het dorp.
They built a home for the orphans in the village.
Here, 'weeskinderen' indicates the beneficiaries of an action, specifying who the building is for.
Het verhaal over de weeskinderen raakte iedereen in de zaal.
The story about the orphans moved everyone in the audience.
In this case, 'weeskinderen' is part of a prepositional phrase, elaborating on the subject of the story.
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