zeventien

zeventien

Seventeen.

In this sentence, 'zeventien' functions as a number adjective modifying the noun 'flowers'.

Mijn oma heeft me verteld over zeventien verschillende soorten bloemen.

My grandmother told me about seventeen different kinds of flowers.

This usage of 'zeventien' is as a cardinal number indicating a quantity.

Ik heb zeventien appels gekocht.

I bought seventeen apples.

Here, 'zeventien' refers to the numeral 17 in the 24-hour time format, equivalent to 5 PM.

Het is bijna zeventien uur, we moeten snel vertrekken.

It is almost seventeen hours, we have to leave quickly.