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Zussen of zusteren? Welk is correct? Ik heb twee zussen Ik heb twee zusteren
2014년 10월 12일 오후 11:41
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"Ik heb twee zussen." is informeel en "Ik heb twee zusters." is meer formeel.
2014년 10월 13일
"Zussen" is common, correct and should therefore be used nowadays. "Zusters" is also correct and can mean sisters too but it is a rather old-fashioned word. There is for example a old song called: "dan moet je mijn zuster zien" which could be translated into: "Just look at my sister". In that song the female singer complains that all men look at her sister because of her beauty but completely ignore the singer herself.
2014년 10월 16일
and zuster isn't formal at all (i forgot to mention that) :p
2014년 10월 15일
In west-flemish we say 'zusters' for sisters but in other parts of the country and in Holland it means 'nuns' :) but in Dutch it's 'zussen'.
2014년 10월 15일
While the person answering below is right and both zusters en zussen can be used as plural for a sister, I would like to add a little to that. Zusters is mainly the word used for nuns, whereby one nun is "een zuster". So while the word "zusters" does exist, is plural, and is used informally(!) for saying you have sisters, if you want to be correct and prevent mix-ups, you really ought to say zussen. You would never write or say in proper spoken Dutch that you have "zusters" unless you somehow own a convent.
2014년 10월 14일
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