No. 2,445 in Dutch
wolven
"Wolven" means "wolves" in English.
In a sentence
De wolven huilen 's nachts naar de maan.
The wolves howl at the moon at night.
In this sentence, 'wolven' is used as the plural subject of the verb 'huilen', indicating the animals collectively.
In de fabel zijn de wolven symbolen van gevaar.
In the fable, the wolves are symbols of danger.
Here, 'wolven' refers to a representation or metaphor for a concept.
Ik heb afbeeldingen van wolven verzameld uit tijdschriften.
I have collected images of wolves from magazines.
In this example, 'wolven' is used as a plural object to describe the subject of the images collected.
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