kooi – Dutch noun declension

Dutch noun forms of kooi

Noun: kooi
Gender: Feminine Hyphenation:
Sg.kooi
Pl.kooien

Sample Sentences

  • Zij houdt samen met haar man kanaries in een kooi. (She keeps canaries in a cage together with her husband.)
  • De visser lag al in zijn kooi. (The fisherman was already lying in his bunk.)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch coye, ultimately from Latin cavea. Compare German Koje. See: Latin Nouns 'cavea', German Nouns 'Koje'.

Verbs referencing "kooi"

Catalan Nouns coi, German Nouns Koje, Russian Nouns койка, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns køye, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns køye, Danish Nouns køje.

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