[rainbow]
weather 		[a path]
the outdoors 		[cows]
animals 		[tree]
trees 		[rose]
flowers 		[park]
parks 		[garden]
yard 		[bus]
traffic

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[The Face of Dutch]

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		 []
schuur click to hear - 2
[apartment building]
flatgebouw click to hear = flat click to hear		 [apartment buildings]
flats click to hear - 2 		[cloudscrapers]
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

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.
The Dutch word flat click to hear comes from English of course. It means both a high-rise (or mid-rise) apartment 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 apartement click to hear - but it is not often used.
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 'cloud-scraper.'
The small farmhouse and the large shed pictures are by Siem & Monique Sipma
The farmhouse and windmill pictures are by Peter Schuffelen

[A Dutch flag on the edge of a puddle of water]
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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