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The Dutch word for sheep is
schaap





sheep

Dutch Definition


sheep
     1. schaap

Translations for sheep and their definitions

schaap ©
     1. n-n. sheep (a woolly ruminant animal of the genus Ovis)
           Slaap, kindje, slaap, / daar buiten loopt een schaap. (nursery rhyme) - Sleep, baby, sleep, / a sheep walks outside.
           Schaapje, schaapje, heb je witte wol? (nursery rhyme) - Little sheep, little sheep, do you have white wool?
     2. n-n. (figurative, derogatory, or endearing) someone with very curly hair
     3. n-n. sheep (unthinking follower)
     4. n-n. (Christianity) a member of a priest's or minister's congregation


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