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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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metaal +‎ -en

Adjective

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metalen (not comparable)

  1. metallic, metal -, made of metal or resembling it in color or other properties
    De metalen buis bracht een metalen klank voort.
    The metal tube produced a metallic sound.
Inflection
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Declension of metalen
uninflected metalen
inflected metalen
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial
indefinite m./f. sing. metalen
n. sing. metalen
plural metalen
definite metalen
partitive

Etymology 2

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Noun

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metalen

  1. plural of metaal

West Frisian

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Noun

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metalen

  1. plural of metaal