No. 3,976 in Dutch
zeventien
Seventeen.
In a sentence
Ik heb zeventien appels gekocht.
I bought seventeen apples.
This usage of 'zeventien' is as a cardinal number indicating a quantity.
Het is bijna zeventien uur, we moeten snel vertrekken.
It is almost seventeen hours, we have to leave quickly.
Here, 'zeventien' refers to the numeral 17 in the 24-hour time format, equivalent to 5 PM.
Mijn oma heeft me verteld over zeventien verschillende soorten bloemen.
My grandmother told me about seventeen different kinds of flowers.
In this sentence, 'zeventien' functions as a number adjective modifying the noun 'flowers'.
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