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Dutch Everyday: Buildings

Gebouwen click to hear

[church]
kerk click to hear >>		 [a house]
huis click to hear >>		 [a house]
huis click to hear >>		 [windmill]
molen click to hear = windmolen click to hear		 [flags]
vlaggen click to hear - 2
[farmhouse; farm]
boerderij click to hear		 [small farmhouse; small farm]
boerderijtje click to hear		 [large shed, like on a farm]
schuur click to hear - 2
[apartment building]
flatgebouw click to hear = flat click to hear		 [apartment buildings]
flats click to hear - 2 		['cloudscrapers' = skyscrapers]
wolkenkrabbers click to hear
[stairs]
trap click to hear		 [escalator]
roltrap click to hear - 2 		[stadium]
stadion click to hear		 [swimming pool]
zwembad click to hear - 2
See also: Construction

de / het / 't click to hear (the)
een, 'n click to hear - 2 (a, an)
één click to hear (one)
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(de) kerk
(het) huis
(de) flat [Engl.]
hear 		(church)
(house)
(high-rise; apartment)
 (de) molen
(de) boerderij
(de) schuur
hear 		(windmill)
(farm; farmhouse)
(shed)
 (het) gebouw
(de) wolkenkrabber
(het) stadion
hear 		(building)
(cloudscaper)
(stadium)
 (de) flat
(het) flatje
hear 		(high-rise; apartment)
(apartment)

I have translated the Dutch word gebouw click to hear - 2 as 'building,' but it does not mean exactly the same. It is only used for larger constructions: speaking Dutch, I wouldn't call a huis click to hear ('house') a gebouw.
(Het) kantoor click to hear 'office' - (het) kantoorgebouw click to hear 2 'office building'
(het) bureau (French) click to hear can mean 'desk,' but it can also mean 'office' or 'department,' like (het) politiebureau click to hear ('police station')
(het) hout click to hear 'wood' - (de) baksteen click to hear 'brick' (plural: bakstenen click to hear 2) - (het) cement click to hear 'mortar, cement' - (het) beton click to hear 2 'concrete' - builders
(de) hoogbouw click to hear 2 3 4 high-rises, a group of high-rise buildings
(de) hijskraan click to hear 2 hoisting crane, used in building high-rises
The Dutch word flat click to hear comes from English of course. It means both a high-rise (or mid-rise) apartments building, and an apartment in a building like that. The diminutive flatje click to hear is only used for the apartment. Dutch also has the word (het) apartement click to hear - but it is not often used.
(De) galerij click to hear 2 3 'gallery' - a place to exhibit art, but also an outside walkway in some apartment buildings to access front doors
Sounding the same as flats, there is a Dutch word flets click to hear that means 'pale, washed-out color.'
The Dutch word for 'skyscraper' is wolkenkrabber click to hear 2 which literally translates as 'clouds-scratcher.'
(het) schuurtje click to hear - a small shed, like in a yard
(het) woonerf click to hear 2 is a street or neighborhood where traffic calming measures to slow down motorized transport try to give a friendlier atmosphere and more safety for pedestrians and bicyclists
(de) uitbouw click to hear 2 'extension, addition (to a building)'
(het) bijgebouw click to hear 2 3 'side building, annex'
The small farmhouse and the large shed pictures are by Siem & Monique Sipma
The farmhouse and windmill pictures are by Peter Schuffelen

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colors 		[grapes]
food 		[a house]
the house 		[a path]
the outdoors 		[books]
media 		[jacket]
clothing 		[a mirror]
beauty 		[glasses, watch, etc.]
necessities

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